King James Version
Exodus 2:22 in the King James Version says “And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. Gershom: ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. Gershom: that is, A stranger here”
Exodus 2:22 · KJV
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. Gershom: that is, A stranger here
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And she bare”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“him a son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and he called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“in a strange”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
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