- יִתְרוֹ
- יִתְרוֹ(b. h.) pr. n. m. Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. Ber.63b. Ex. R. s. 27 יֶתֶר כשהוא גוי … ונקרא י׳ as a heathen he was named Jether, and when he was converted … he was named J.Zeb.116a י׳ קודםמ״תוכ׳ the arrival of J. (Ex. 18) took place before the giving of the Law; Ab. Zar.24a; a. v. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.