Exodus 18:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִזְהַרְתָּ֣ה אֶתְהֶ֔ם אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֖ים וְאֶת־הַתּוֹרֹ֑ת וְהוֹדַעְתָּ֣ לָהֶ֗ם אֶת־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ יֵ֣לְכוּ בָ֔הּ וְאֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲשֽׂוּן׃

Transliteration

wə-hizhartāh ʾethem ʾet-haḥuqqîm and-ʾet-hattôrōt wə-hôdaʿtā to-them ʾet-hadderekh yēləḵû in-it and-ʾet-hammaʿăśeh which yaʿăśûn

Grammar Details

• *wə*-*hizhartāh*: conjunction with perfect, 2nd masculine singular, hiphil form - and you shall warn/teach
• *ʾethem*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *haḥuqqîm*: article with noun, masculine plural - the statutes
• *hattôrōt*: article with noun, feminine plural - the laws/instructions
• *wə*-*hôdaʿtā*: conjunction with perfect, 2nd masculine singular, hiphil form - and you shall make known
• *hadderekh*: article with noun, masculine singular - the way
• *yēləḵû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they shall walk
• *hammaʿăśeh*: article with noun, masculine singular - the work/deed
• *yaʿăśûn*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with paragogic nun - they shall do

Word Meanings

• *hizhartāh*: warn/teach/instruct/caution
• *hadderekh*: the way/path/manner
• *hammaʿăśeh*: the work/deed/action

Referenced Verses

• Deut 5:1 : 1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
• Deut 1:18 : 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
• Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
• Deut 4:1 : 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
• Deut 4:5 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
• Ps 32:8 : 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
• 2 Thess 3:6-9 : 6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
• Exod 18:16 : 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
• Deut 6:1-2 : 1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
• Deut 7:11 : 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
• 1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
• Neh 9:13-14 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
• Isa 30:21 : 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
• Jer 6:16 : 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
• Jer 42:3 : 3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
• Ezek 3:17 : 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Mark 13:34 : 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.