So Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהtookיִּקַּחhis wifeאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹand his sonsוְאֶת בָּנָיוand mounted themוַיַּרְכִּבֵםonעַלthe donkeyהַחֲמֹרand returnedוַיָּשָׁבto the landאַרְצָהof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםand Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהtookיִּקַּחthe staffאֶת מַטֵּהof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםin his hand.בְּיָדוֹ
Exodus 4:20
Study it in the app“So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on the donkey and returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the staff of Elohim in his hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:20, word by word
- So Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
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” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- and his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- and mounted themיַּרְכִּבֵyarkive
set on
To set someone on a mount.
Where else “yarkive” appears- the donkeyחֲמֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- and returnedיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- to the landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the staffמַטֵּהmate
staff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- in his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
19YHWH said to Moses in Midian, “Go, return to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead.”
20 · This verse (above)
21YHWH said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your hand. But I will make his heart obstinate, and he will not let the people go.