Exodus 18:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

📖 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 Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;
• Neh 9:9-9 : 9 And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea; 10 And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today. 11 By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters. 12 And you went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way they were to go. 13 And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders: 14 And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant: 15 And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.
• Neh 9:32 : 32 And now, our God, the great, the strong, the God who is to be feared, who keeps faith and mercy, let not all this trouble seem small to you, which has come on us, and on our kings and our rulers and on our priests and our prophets and our fathers and on all your people from the time of the kings of Assyria till this day.
• Ps 78:42-43 : 42 They did not keep in mind the work of his hand, or the day when he took them from the power of their haters; 43 How he had done his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan;
• Ps 81:7 : 7 You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
• Ps 106:10 : 10 And he took them safely out of the hands of their haters, and kept them from the attacks of those who were against them.
• Ps 107:2 : 2 Let those whose cause the Lord has taken up say so, his people whom he has taken out of the hands of their haters;
• Ps 145:4-9 : 4 One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength. 5 My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your rule, and of the wonder of your works. 6 Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts; I will give word of your glory. 7 Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness. 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works. 10 All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord; and your saints give you blessing. 11 Their words will be of the glory of your kingdom, and their talk of your strength; 12 So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.
• Ps 105:1-2 : 1 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples. 2 Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
• Ps 66:16 : 16 Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.
• Ps 71:17-20 : 17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now. 18 Now when I am old and grey-headed, O God, give me not up; till I have made clear your strength to this generation, and your power to all those to come. 19 Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you? 20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
• Gen 44:34 : 34 For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
• Exod 15:6 : 6 Full of glory, O Lord, is the power of your right hand; by your right hand those who came against you are broken.
• Exod 15:16 : 16 Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.
• Exod 15:22-24 : 22 Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water. 23 And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah. 24 And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?
• Exod 16:3 : 3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
• Exod 18:1 : 1 Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.