Study it in the app“Moses was shepherding the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock beyond the wilderness and came to the mountain of Elohim, to Horeb.”
Mosesוּמֹשֶׁהwasהָיָהshepherdingרֹעֶהthe flockאֶת צֹאןof Jethro,יִתְרוֹhis father-in-law,חֹתְנוֹthe priestכֹּהֵןof Midian;מִדְיָןand he ledוַיִּנְהַגthe flockאֶת הַצֹּאןbeyondאַחַרthe wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרand cameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe mountainהַרof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםto Horeb.חֹרֵבָה
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsgraze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “roe” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsJethro
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).
Where else “yitro” appearsfather-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “chotn” appearspagan priest
A priest of other gods.
Where else “kohen” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsdrive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “yinhag” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsHoreb
See it on the mapWhere else “choreva” appears1Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
2Horeb ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
The mountain of God in the wilderness; another name for Sinai or a nearby mountain, and its location is not certain.
There God spoke to Moses from the bush that burned without burning up (Exod 3:1-2). Elijah came there fleeing from Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:8).
1 · This verse (above)
2The angel of YHWH appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of the bush. He looked, and look, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.
