Exodus
Exodus 2:22
22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom,g saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
Footnotes
- g 2:22 Gershom sounds like the Hebrew for foreigner.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And she gave birth to | וַתֵּ֣לֶד | wat·tê·leḏ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| a son | בֵּ֔ן | bên | Noun - masculine singular | H1121 son |
| and | וַיִּקְרָ֥א | way·yiq·rā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| Gershom | גֵּרְשֹׁ֑ם | gê·rə·šōm | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1647 Gereshom |
| saying | אָמַ֔ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I have become | הָיִ֔יתִי | hā·yî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a foreigner | גֵּ֣ר | gêr | Noun - masculine singular | H1616 sojourner |
| in a foreign | נָכְרִיָּֽה׃פ | nā·ḵə·rî·yāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H5237 foreign, alien |
| land | בְּאֶ֖רֶץ | bə·’e·reṣ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Acts 7:29 · Hebrews 11:13–14 · Exodus 22:21 · 1 Chronicles 29:15 · Psalm 39:12 · 1 Chronicles 16:20 · Psalm 119:19 · 1 Chronicles 23:14–17 · Exodus 18:3–4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.