Exodus 2:21 Go deeper

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (KJV)

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וַיּ֥וֹאֶלvai.Yo.'eland he was willing

Lemma: יָאַל (ya.al) · Strong's: H2974

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: be willing

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:31, Deuteronomy 1:5, Joshua 7:7, Joshua 17:12, Judges 1:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2974; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 1

מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.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 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 2

לָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetto dwell

Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to dwell

Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 3

אֶת\־'et-with

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 4

הָאִ֑ישׁha.'Ishthe man

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 5

וַיִּתֵּ֛ןvai.yi.Tenand he gave

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414O

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

Meaning: to give: give(marriage)

Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 29:26, Genesis 29:27, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:9, Genesis 34:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414O; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 6

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 7

צִפֹּרָ֥הtzi.po.RahZipporah

Lemma: צִפֹּרָה (tsip.po.rah) · Strong's: H6855

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Zipporah

Used 3 times. Also: Exodus 4:25, Exodus 18:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6855; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 8

בִתּ֖וֹvi.Todaughter his

Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G

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

Meaning: daughter

Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 9

לְמֹשֶֽׁה\׃le.mo.Shehto Moses

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 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4872; TAHOT Exodus 2:21 word 10

How the BSB renders it

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

Moses	→	מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses
agreed	→	יָאַל H2974 be willing
to stay	→	יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell
with	→	אֵת H0854 with
the man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
and he gave	→	נָתַן H5414O to give: give(marriage)
his daughter	→	בַּת H1323G daughter
Zipporah	→	צִפֹּרָה H6855 Zipporah
to Moses in marriage	→	מֹשֶׁה H4872 Moses

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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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