Hebrew Interlinear

Exodus 18:12 Interlinear

took And Jethro father in law Moses a burnt offering and sacrifices God came and Aaron and all the elders of Israel to eat bread father in law Moses before God

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקַּ֞חH3947tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
2יִתְר֨וֹH3503And Jethrojethro, moses' father-in-law
3חֹתֵ֥ןH2859father in lawto give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
4מֹשֶׁ֖הH4872Mosesmosheh, the israelite lawgiver
5עֹלָ֥הH5930a burnt offeringa step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
6וּזְבָחִ֖יםH2077and sacrificesproperly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
7הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃H430Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
8וַיָּבֹ֨אH935cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
9אַֽהֲרֹ֜ןH175and Aaronaharon, the brother of moses
10וְכֹ֣ל׀H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11זִקְנֵ֣יH2205and all the eldersold
12יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
13לֶֽאֱכָלH398to eatto eat (literally or figuratively)
14לֶ֛חֶםH3899breadfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
15עִםH5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
16חֹתֵ֥ןH2859father in lawto give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
17מֹשֶׁ֖הH4872Mosesmosheh, the israelite lawgiver
18לִפְנֵ֥יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
19הָֽאֱלֹהִֽים׃H430Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

Verse Context

Exodus 18:11 Now I know is greater that the LORD ...
Exodus 18:12 (current)took And Jethro father in law Moses a burnt offering and sacrifices God came and Aaron and all the elders of Israel to eat bread father in law Moses before God
Exodus 18:13 And it came to pass on the morrow sat by Moses to judge ...

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