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Exodus 18:9
“And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָדָהchâdâh · khaw-daw'
H2302 · Hebrew
H2302 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to rejoice
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- make glad, be joined, rejoice.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּ֣חַדְּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 3:6Psalms 21:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָדָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.