Study it in the app“And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which YHWH said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do you good, for YHWH has spoken good concerning Israel.””
And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Hobabלְחֹבָבsonבֶּןof Reuelרְעוּאֵלthe Midianite,הַמִּדְיָנִיMoses’מֹשֶׁהfather-in-law,חֹתֵן“Weאֲנַחְנוּare setting outנֹסְעִיםfor the placeאֶל הַמָּקוֹםof whichאֲשֶׁר אֹתוֹYHWHיְהוָהsaid,אָמַר‘I will give itאֶתֵּןto you.’לָכֶםComeלְכָהwith us,אִתָּנוּand we will do you good,וְהֵטַבְנוּ לָךְforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas spokenדִּבֶּרgoodטוֹבconcerningעַלIsrael.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsHobab
Hobab, a relative of Moses by his wife, son of Reuel the Midianite. The name means "beloved."
Where else “chovav” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsReuel
Reuel, the name of a son of Esau and Basemath, of Moses' father-in-law (also called Jethro), and of others. It means "friend of God".
Where else “reuel” appearsMidianite
Midianite: a descendant of Midian, son of Abraham and Keturah.
Where else “midyani” appearsfather-in-law
The parents of the wife or the husband, that is, the in-laws.
Where else “choten” appearsset out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nosim” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “lecha” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetavnu” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsIn Exodus Moses’ father-in-law is called Reuel (2:18) and Jethro (3:1). Here Hobab is “son of Reuel”; the word translated “father-in-law” can also refer to another relative by marriage (Judges 4:11).
28These were the settings out of the sons of Israel by their armies; and they set out.
29 · This verse (above)
30And he said to him, “I will not go; but to my land and to my kindred I will go.”
