---
title: יִתְרוֹ — Jethro. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִתְרוֹ (3503), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: Jethro. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3503.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-6.md)‎ / יִתְרוֹ‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# יִתְרוֹ

<!-- .meta -->
«יִתְרוֹ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jethro. Compare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 3503 · **BDB:** יִתְרוֹ

### Glosses

Jethro (8); of.Jethro (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Jethro. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3503/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3503/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Moses’ wife Ex 3:1; 4:18 b; 18:1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 (all E), = יֶתֶר 4:18; in all 𝔊 Ιοθορ.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִתְרוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3503/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Exodus 18:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.18.2/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.had.taken Jethro the.father-in-law of.Moses (et) Zipporah the.wife of.Moses after dismissal(s) her

*JPS 1917:* And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Exodus 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.18.9/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וַיִּ֣חַדְּ יִתְר֔וֹ עַ֚ל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצִּיל֖וֹ מִיַּ֥ד מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.rejoiced Jethro on all the good which he.had.done Yahweh to Israel whom he had.delivered.it from the.hand of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [יִתְרָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3502.md)
- next →: [יִתְרוֹן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3504.md)
- ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-6.md)