Exodus 18:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto Moses, ‘I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.’

King James Bible
And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

Hebrew
He sent word
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

“I,
אֲנִ֛י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

your father-in-law
חֹתֶנְךָ֥ (ḥō·ṯen·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2859: To give, away in marriage, to contract affinity by marriage

Jethro,
יִתְר֖וֹ (yiṯ·rōw)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3503: Jethro -- Moses' father-in-law

am coming
בָּ֣א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֵלֶ֑יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

you with your wife
וְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ (wə·’iš·tə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and her
עִמָּֽהּ׃ (‘im·māh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

two
וּשְׁנֵ֥י (ū·šə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

sons.”
בָנֶ֖יהָ (ḇā·ne·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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