Exodus 18:6 Go deeper

And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 1

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 2

מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMoses

Lemma: מֹשֶׁה (mo.sheh) · Strong's: H4872

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Moses

Used 766 times. Also: Exodus 2:10, Exodus 2:11, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:17, Exodus 2:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 3

אֲנִ֛י'a.NiI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 4

חֹתֶנְךָ֥cho.ten.Khafather-in-law your

Lemma: חֹתֵן (cho.ten) · Strong's: H2859A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: relative

Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:18, Exodus 18:1, Exodus 18:2, Exodus 18:5, Exodus 18:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2859A; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 5

יִתְר֖וֹyit.RoJethro

Lemma: יִתְרוֹ (yit.ro) · Strong's: H3503

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Jethro

Used 9 times. Also: Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:18, Exodus 18:1, Exodus 18:2, Exodus 18:5, Exodus 18:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3503; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 6

בָּ֣אba'[am] coming

Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to come (in): come

Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 7

אֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khato you

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 8

וְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ve.'Ish.te.khaand wife your

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 9

וּשְׁנֵ֥יu.she.Neiand [the] two

Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147

Parsing: Acbdc (Acbdc)

Meaning: two

Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 10

בָנֶ֖יהָva.Nei.hasons her

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 11

עִמָּֽהּ\׃'i.Mahwith her

Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Exodus 18:6 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He sent word	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
Moses	→	מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses
I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
your father-in-law	→	חֹתֵן H2859A relative
Jethro	→	יִתְרוֹ H3503 Jethro
am coming	→	בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
you with your wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
and her	→	עִם H5973A with
two	→	שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two
sons	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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