Exodus 2:21

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Bible > Exodus > Chapter 2 > Verse 21

Exodus 2:21


← Exodus 2:20 Exodus 2:21 (KJV) Exodus 2:22 →
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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And MosesH4872 was contentH2974 to dwellH3427 with the manH376: and he gaveH5414 MosesH4872 ZipporahH6855 his daughterH1323.


Original Hebrew

וַיֹּואֶל מֹשֶׁה לָשֶׁבֶת אֶת־הָאִישׁ וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־צִפֹּרָה בִתֹּו לְמֹשֶׁה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יּ֥וֹאֶל
va/i.Yo.'el H2974 HC/Vhw3ms and/ he was willing
מֹשֶׁ֖ה
mo.Sheh H4872 HNp Moses
לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶת
la./She.vet H3427 HR/Vqc to/ dwell
אֶת
'et- H854 HR with
הָ/אִ֑ישׁ
ha./'Ish H376 HTd/Ncmsa the/ man
וַ/יִּתֵּ֛ן
va/i.yi.Ten H5414 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he gave
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
צִפֹּרָ֥ה
tzi.po.Rah H6855 HNp Zipporah
בִתּ֖/וֹ
vi.T/o H1323 HNcfsc/Sp3ms daughter/ his
לְ/מֹשֶֽׁה
le./mo.Sheh H4872 HR/Np to/ Moses
Strong's References
  • H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) H802.
  • H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 (as feminine of בֵּן (bên) H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
  • H2974 — יָאַל (yâʼal, yaw-al'): a primitive root (probably rather the same as יָאַל (yâʼal) H2973 through the idea of mental weakness); properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition; assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, [idiom] willingly, would.
  • H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
  • H4872 — מֹשֶׁה (Môsheh, mo-sheh'): from מָשָׁה (mâshâh) H4871; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver; Moses.
  • H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  • H6855 — צִפֹּרָה (Tsippôrâh, tsip-po-raw'): feminine of צִפּוֹר (tsippôwr) H6833; bird; Tsipporah, Moses' wife; Zipporah.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
  • H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה (ʼânâh) H579; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
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Reciprocal references (3): Genesis 29:9, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 18:1

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