King James Version

Exodus 2:21

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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וַיּ֥וֹאֶלvayoeland assayיָאַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and assay”, the next action in the storyH2974properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volitionassay, begin, be content, please, take upon, [idiom] willingly, would.מֹשֶׁ֖הmoshehMosesמֹשֶׁהnoun, proper name — “Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.לָשֶׁ֣בֶתlashevetto dwellיָשַׁבpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to dwell”, the to-form of the verbH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.הָאִ֑ישׁhaishthe a certainאִישׁdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…וַיִּתֵּ֛ןvayitenand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).צִפֹּרָ֥הtsiporahZipporahצִפֹּרָהnoun, proper name — “Zipporah”H6855Tsipporah, Moses' wifeZipporah.בִתּ֖וֹvitvodaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.לְמֹשֶֽׁהlemoshehto Mosesמֹשֶׁהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Moses”H4872Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiverMoses.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Moses is willing to dwell with the man, and he giveth Zipporah his daughter to Moses,

World English Bible

Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter.

Darby Translation

And Moses consented to remain with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Douay-Rheims

And Moses swore that he would dwell with him. And he took Sephora his daughter to wife:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his daughter to Moses to wife.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατῳκίσθη δὲ Μωυσῆς παρὰ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ· καὶ ἐξέδοτο Σεπφώραν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ Μωυσῇ γυναῖκα.