Exodus

Exodus 18:1

¹Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro,^a the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Footnotes

a 18:1 Moses’ father-in-law Jethro was also called Reuel; see Exodus 2:18|EXO 2:18.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now Moses’	מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
father-in-law	חֹתֵ֣ן	ḥō·ṯên	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2859 wife's father
Jethro	יִתְר֨וֹ	yiṯ·rōw	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3503 Jethro
the priest	כֹהֵ֤ן	ḵō·hên	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3548 priest
of Midian	מִדְיָן֙	miḏ·yān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4080 Midjan
heard	וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע	way·yiš·ma‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
about all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
that	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
God	אֱלֹהִים֙	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
had done	עָשָׂ֤ה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
for Moses	לְמֹשֶׁ֔ה	lə·mō·šeh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
and His people	עַמּ֑וֹ	‘am·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
Israel	וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	ū·lə·yiś·rā·’êl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
and how	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
had brought	הוֹצִ֧יא	hō·w·ṣî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
out of Egypt	מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃	mim·miṣ·rā·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians

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Psalm 77:14–15 · Exodus 3:1 · Exodus 2:16 · Isaiah 63:11–13 · Zechariah 8:23 · Acts 14:27 · Psalm 106:2 · Psalm 136:10–16 · Joshua 2:10 · Psalm 78:50–53 · Galatians 1:23–24 · Psalm 78:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.