Exodus 18:1

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיִּשְׁמַ֞עand he heard

  vaiyishma'H8085 →1159 times

• יִתְר֨וֹJethro

  yitroH3503 →9 times

• כֹהֵ֤ן[the] priest of

  khohenH3548 →750 times

• מִדְיָן֙Midian

  midyanH4080 →59 times

• חֹתֵ֣ן[the] father-in-law of

  chotenH2859 →33 times

• מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

  moshehH4872 →765 times

• אֵת֩<obj.>

  ʾetH853 →10935 times

• כָּל־all

  kol-H3605 →5413 times

• אֲשֶׁ֨רthat

  ʾasherH834 →5497 times

• עָשָׂ֤הhe had done

  ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

• אֱלֹהִים֙God

  ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

• לְמֹשֶׁ֔הfor Moses

  lemoshehH4872 →765 times

• וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לand for Israel

  uleyisraelH3478 →2507 times

• עַמּ֑וֹpeople his

  amoH5971 →1873 times

• כִּֽי־that

  ki-H3588 →4482 times

• הוֹצִ֧יאhe had brought out

  hotzi'H3318 →1067 times

• יְהוָ֛הYahweh

  yahwehH3068 →6520 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael

  yisraelH3478 →2507 times

• מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃from Egypt

  mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Exodus 2:16

  Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

  it leads to

  • Genesis 24:11

    As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

  • Exodus 3:1

    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • 1 Samuel 9:11

    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

  • Genesis 24:14–20

    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be…

• Through

  Exodus 3:1

  Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

  it leads to

  • 1 Kings 19:8

    So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

  • Exodus 17:6

    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in…

  • Psalms 78:70–72

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

  • Numbers 10:29

    Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us,…