Exodus 2:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Then the shepherdsהָרֹעִ֖ים
(ha·ro·'im)
7462a: to pasture, tend, grazea prim. root
cameוַיָּבֹ֥אוּ
(vai·ya·vo·'u)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
and drove them away,וַיְגָרְשׁ֑וּם
(vay·ga·re·shum;)
1644: to drive out, cast outa prim. root
but Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙
(mo·sheh)
4872: a great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiverfrom mashah
stoodוַיָּ֤קָם
(vai·ya·kam)
6965: to arise, stand up, standa prim. root
up and helpedוַיֹּ֣ושִׁעָ֔ן
(vai·yo·v·shi·'an,)
3467: to delivera prim. root
them and wateredוַיַּ֖שְׁקְ
(vai·yash·ke)
8248: cause to drink water, give to drinka prim. root
their flock.צֹאנָֽם׃
(tzo·nam.)
6629: small cattle, sheep and goats, flockfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
And the shepherds
ra`ah  (raw-aw')
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
came
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
and drove them away
garash  (gaw-rash')
to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce -- cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
but Moses
Mosheh  (mo-sheh')
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver -- Moses.
stood up
quwm  (koom)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
and helped
yasha`  (yaw-shah')
to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
them and watered
shaqah  (shaw-kaw')
to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to -- cause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water.
their flock
tso'n  (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock.

King James Bible
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then some shepherds arrived and drove them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their flock.

International Standard Version
Some shepherds came to drive them away, but Moses got up, came to their rescue, and watered their sheep.

NET Bible
When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But some shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses got up, came to their defense, and then watered their sheep.

King James 2000 Bible
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
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