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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto his daughters,אֶל בְּנֹתָיו“And whereוְאַיּis he?וֹWhyלָמָּהis it thatזֶּהyou leftעֲזַבְתֶּןthe man?אֶת הָאִישׁCallקִרְאֶןhimלוֹso that he may eatוְיֹאכַלbread.”לָחֶם
Exodus 2:20
Study it in the app“He said to his daughters, “And where is he? Why is it that you left the man? Call him so that he may eat bread.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:20, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his daughtersבְּנֹתָיbenotay
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benotay” appears- you leftעֲזַבְתֶּןazavten
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azavten” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- Callקִרְאֶןkiren
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kiren” appears- so that he may eatיֹאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- breadלָחֶםlachem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachem” appears
The context
19They said, “An Egyptian man rescued us from the hand of the shepherds, and he even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
20 · This verse (above)
21Moses agreed to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.