Exodus 4:26
"So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

So he let him go,.... That is, the Lord let Moses go; suffered him to go on his journey without any further interruption; as the Targums, "it", the angel, ceased

from him, or left him; or the disease and trembling departed from him, as Aben Ezra, and he was quite well and easy; though Grotius, after Lyra, understands it of Zipporah, she departed from him, that is, from Moses, and returned to Midian again, as it seems she did; but this the grammatical construction of the words will not bear, being masculine, though sometimes the masculine is used of women, as in Exo 1:21 , then she said, a bloody husband thou art because of the circumcision; this is repeated, partly to give the reason of her calling him a bloody husband, because of the circumcision, and partly because of her great joy on occasion of her husband's restoration to her by this means.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (7 words)

H7503 רָפָה
Definition:

9(yet see below); 3 feminine singularרָֽפִ֑תָהJudges 8:3;Jeremiah 49:24, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְמֶּהIsaiah 5:24,וַיִּרֶףExodus 4:26(see below), etc.; —1sink down, of hay in flameIsaiah 5 9(yet see below); 3 feminine singularרָֽפִ֑תָהJudges 8:3;Jeremiah 49:24, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִרְמֶּהIsaiah 5:24,וַיִּרֶףExodus 4:26(see below), etc.; —1sink down, of hay in flameIsaiah 5

Possible Meanings:
  • Hā-Rāphā (semantic_range)
H4480 מִן
Definition:

2; 2Chronicles 20:11) contracted toמִי(asמִידֵיfromמִיְּדֵי), before guttural andר, mostlyמֵ, occasionallyמִ(Ges§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff),מִןbefore article in all books much commoner than - 2; 2Chronicles 20:11) contracted toמִי(asמִידֵיfromמִיְּדֵי), before guttural andר, mostlyמֵ, occasionallyמִ(Ges§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff),מִןbefore article in all books much commoner than -

Possible Meanings:
  • out of (semantic_range)
  • by (semantic_range)
  • by reason of (semantic_range)
  • at (semantic_range)
H0227 אָז
Definition:

a.of past time:— without a verbGenesis 12:6;Genesis 13:7;Joshua 14:11;2 Samuel 23:14; with a perfectGenesis 4:26;Exodus 4:26;Joshua 10:33;Judges 8:3;Judges 13:21;Jeremiah 22:15אָז טוֺב לוֺthenwas it w a.of past time:— without a verbGenesis 12:6;Genesis 13:7;Joshua 14:11;2 Samuel 23:14; with a perfectGenesis 4:26;Exodus 4:26;Joshua 10:33;Judges 8:3;Judges 13:21;Jeremiah 22:15אָז טוֺב לוֺthenwas it w

Possible Meanings:
  • at that time (semantic_range)
H0559 אָמַר
Definition:

1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe 1+, etc.;ImperfectיאֹמַרGenesis 31:8+;וַיּאֹ֫מֶרGenesis 1:3+;וַיּאֹמַ֑רGenesis 14:19+; in Job alwaysוַיּאֹ֑מַרJob 3:2+; 3 feminine singularתּאֹמַרGenesis 21:12+;תּאֹמֵר֑Proverbs 1:21; 1singularאֹמַרGe

Possible Meanings:
  • lamb (semantic_range)
H2860 חָתָן
Definition:

Fromchathan; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal) -- bridegroom, husband, son in law.see HEBREWchathanBrown-Dri Fromchathan; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal) -- bridegroom, husband, son in law.see HEBREWchathanBrown-Dri

Possible Meanings:
  • make oneself a daughter's husband (semantic_range)
H1818 דָּם
Definition:

6blood(Late Hebrewid., Arabic, EthiopicAssyriandamuNor239ZimBP 72, 76; Aramaicדַּם,דְּמָא,) — absolute׳דGenesis 37:22154t.; constructדַּםGenesis 9:662t.; suffixדָּמִי1 Samuel 26:203t.;דָּֽמְךָ2 Samuel 6blood(Late Hebrewid., Arabic, EthiopicAssyriandamuNor239ZimBP 72, 76; Aramaicדַּם,דְּמָא,) — absolute׳דGenesis 37:22154t.; constructדַּםGenesis 9:662t.; suffixדָּמִי1 Samuel 26:203t.;דָּֽמְךָ2 Samuel

H4139 מוּלָה
Definition:

דמים למוּלֹת חתןExodus 4:26(J)a bridegroom of blood because of(orin regard of)the circumcision; compare WeProl. ed. 4(1895) 345 f.; Hist. 340.מוֺלָדָה,מוֺלֶ֫דֶת,מוֺלִידseeילד. p 409fמוּםseeמְאוּם.מרמכ דמים למוּלֹת חתןExodus 4:26(J)a bridegroom of blood because of(orin regard of)the circumcision; compare WeProl. ed. 4(1895) 345 f.; Hist. 340.מוֺלָדָה,מוֺלֶ֫דֶת,מוֺלִידseeילד. p 409fמוּםseeמְאוּם.מרמכ

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