Study it in the app“Moses went and returned to Jether his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.””
Mosesמֹשֶׁהwentוַיֵּלֶךְand returnedוַיָּשָׁבtoאֶלJetherיֶתֶרhis father-in-lawחֹתְנוֹand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Please let me goאֵלֲכָה נָּאand returnוְאָשׁוּבָהtoאֶלmy brothersאַחַיwhoאֲשֶׁרare in Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםand seeוְאֶרְאֶהwhether they are stillהַעוֹדָםalive.”חַיִּיםAnd Jethroוַ יִתְרוֹsaidיֹּאמֶרto Moses,לְמֹשֶׁה“Goלֵךְin peace.”לְשָׁלוֹם
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” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appearsJether
Jether, the name of several men, such as the father of Amasa (1 Kings 2:5) and the eldest son of Gideon (Judges 8:20). In Exodus 4:18 it is another form of the name of Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses.
Where else “yeter” appearsfather-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “chotn” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “aach” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appearsJethro
Jethro, priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses (called Reuel in Exodus 2:18).
Where else “yitro” appearspeace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appearsHere the Hebrew has Yeter; at the end of the verse, Yitro (Jethro): the same person, Moses’ father-in-law.
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
17And this staff you shall take in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”
18 · This verse (above)
19YHWH said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
