Exodus 18:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how Jehovah delivered them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ לְחֹ֣תְנ֔וֹ אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְפַרְעֹ֣ה וּלְמִצְרַ֔יִם עַ֖ל אוֹדֹ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֤ת כָּל־הַתְּלָאָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מְצָאָ֣תַם בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ וַיַּצִּלֵ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yəsappēr mōšeh to-ḥōtenô ʾēt all-which ʿāśāh YHWH to-parʿōh and-to-miṣrayim on ʾôdōt yiśrāʾēl ʾēt all-hattəlāʾāh which məṣāʾātam in-hadderekh wə-yaṣṣilēm YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wə*-*yəsappēr*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, piel form - and he recounted/told
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ḥōtenô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father-in-law
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʿāśāh*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - had done
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *parʿōh*: proper noun - Pharaoh
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *ʾôdōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - account of/concerning
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *hattəlāʾāh*: article with noun, feminine singular - the hardship
• *məṣāʾātam*: perfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - had found them
• *hadderekh*: article with noun, masculine singular - the way/road
• *wə*-*yaṣṣilēm*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix, hiphil form - and he delivered them

Word Meanings

• *yəsappēr*: recounted/told/declared/reported
• *ʾôdōt*: account of/concerning/because of
• *təlāʾāh*: hardship/trouble/travail

Referenced Verses

• Num 20:14 : 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
• Neh 9:9-9 : 9 And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea, 10 and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and didst get thee a name, as it is this day. 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud thou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant, 15 and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
• Neh 9:32 : 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
• Ps 78:42-43 : 42 They remember not his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary; 43 How he set his signs in Egypt, And his wonders in the field of Zoan,
• Ps 81:7 : 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. {H5542}
• Ps 106:10 : 10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
• Ps 107:2 : 2 Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so], Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
• Ps 145:4-9 : 4 One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts. 5 Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness. 7 They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness. 8 Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness. 9 Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works. 10 All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; And thy saints shall bless thee. 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power; 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
• Ps 105:1-2 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings. 2 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvelous works.
• Ps 66:16 : 16 Come, and hear, all ye that fear God, And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
• Ps 71:17-20 : 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth; And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come. 19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee? 20 Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles, Wilt quicken us again, And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
• Gen 44:34 : 34 For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
• Exod 15:6 : 6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
• Exod 15:16 : 16 Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
• Exod 15:22-24 : 22 And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
• Exod 16:3 : 3 and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
• Exod 18:1 : 1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.