Exodus

Exodus 18:15–16

¹⁵“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied. ¹⁶“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

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Exodus 18:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Because	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the people	הָעָ֖ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
come	יָבֹ֥א	yā·ḇō	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to me	אֵלַ֛י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
to inquire	לִדְרֹ֥שׁ	liḏ·rōš	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1875 resort to, seek
of God	אֱלֹהִֽים׃	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֖ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
replied	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say

Exodus 18:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Whenever	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have	יִהְיֶ֨ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a dispute	דָּבָר֙	dā·ḇār	Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
it is brought	בָּ֣א	bā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to me	אֵלַ֔י	’ê·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H413 motion to
to judge	וְשָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י	wə·šā·p̄aṭ·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H8199 judge, govern
between	בֵּ֥ין	bên	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
one man	אִ֖ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
and another	רֵעֵ֑הוּ	rê·‘ê·hū	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7453 shouting, roar
and I make known	וְהוֹדַעְתִּ֛י	wə·hō·w·ḏa‘·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H3045 know
to them	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
the statutes	חֻקֵּ֥י	ḥuq·qê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2706 something prescribed, a statute or due
and	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
laws	תּוֹרֹתָֽיו׃	tō·w·rō·ṯāw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H8451 direction, instruction, law
of God	הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God

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Exodus 18:15 Numbers 15:34 · Numbers 27:5

Exodus 18:16 Exodus 24:14 · 1 Corinthians 6:1 · Deuteronomy 5:1 · Deuteronomy 4:5 · 2 Samuel 15:3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.