Exodus 18:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֣חַדְּ יִתְר֔וֹ עַ֚ל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצִּיל֖וֹ מִיַּ֥ד מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

wə-yiḥadd yitrô on all-haṭṭôbāh which-ʿāśāh YHWH to-yiśrāʾēl which hiṣṣîlô from-yad miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

*wə*-*yiḥadd*: consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he rejoiced
*yitrô*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jethro
*haṭṭôbāh*: article with noun, feminine singular - the goodness/good
*ʿāśāh*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular - had done
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hiṣṣîlô*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix, hiphil form - he delivered him/it
*yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*yiḥadd*: rejoiced/was glad/delighted
*haṭṭôbāh*: the goodness/good fortune/benefit/welfare
*hiṣṣîlô*: delivered him/it [referring to Israel as collective singular]

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
Isa 66:10 : 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;
Rom 12:10 : 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that rejoice; {G2532} weep with them that weep.
1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or [one] member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 18:10-12
3 verses
93%
10And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
11Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
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Exod 18:4-8
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87%
4and the name of the other was Eliezer; for [he said], The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh.
5And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God:
6and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
7And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
8And 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.
Exod 18:1-2
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85%
1Now 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.
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Exod 14:30-31
2 verses
74%
30Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.
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Num 10:29
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29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Josh 24:17
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17for Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;
Deut 11:3
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3and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
Judg 6:9
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9and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;
1 Sam 10:18
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18and he said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
Num 14:13
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Ps 105:38
72%
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Deut 29:2
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Exod 3:7-9
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9And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
Exod 15:1
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1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Deut 26:8
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8and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders;
Judg 10:11
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11And Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, [Did] not [I save you] from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
Exod 2:19
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Exod 11:3
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3And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
Neh 9:9
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9And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea,
Exod 4:18
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18And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Deut 7:8
71%
8but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deut 34:11
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11in all the signs and the wonders, which Jehovah sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
Exod 18:24
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1 Sam 12:8
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8When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then Jehovah sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.