Exodus 2:21
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָאַל
yâʼal
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָאַל yâʼal
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Study H2974 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
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)
Study H376 →Cross References
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
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