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She boreוַתֵּלֶדa son,בֵּןand he namedוַיִּקְרָאhimאֶת שְׁמוֹGershom,גֵּרְשֹׁםforכִּיhe said,אָמַר“I have beenהָיִיתִיa resident alienגֵּרin a foreignנָכְרִיָּהland.”בְּאֶרֶץ
Exodus 2:22
Study it in the app“She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:22, word by word
- She boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and he namedיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- himשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Gershomגֵּרְשֹׁםgershom
Gershom
Gershom, the elder son of Moses; his name sounds like "a stranger there". Other men also bore it, among them a son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16).
Where else “gershom” appears- he saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- “I have beenהָיִיתִיhayiti
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayiti” appears- a resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- in a foreignנָכְרִיָּהnachriya
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachriya” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears
Translation note
“Gershom” sounds like “an alien there” (ger sham).
The context
21Moses agreed to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
22 · This verse (above)
23During those many days the king of Egypt died. The sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage and cried out, and their cry for help went up to Elohim because of the bondage.