Exodus 18:1:2Exod.18.1.W2TAB
יִתְר֨וֹ
yitro
“Jethro”
- Transliteration
- yit-RO
- Extended
- yit-ROH
- IPA
- /jiθ.ˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jethro
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
yit-RO
- phraseyour reading level
yit-RO kho-HEN mid-YAN
- clause
va-yish-MA yit-RO kho-HEN mid-YAN kho-TEN mo-SHEH ET kol-a-SHER a-SA e-lo-HIM le-mo-SHEH u-le-yis-ra-EL am-MO
- sentence
va-yish-MA yit-RO kho-HEN mid-YAN kho-TEN mo-SHEH ET kol-a-SHER a-SA e-lo-HIM le-mo-SHEH u-le-yis-ra-EL am-MO ki-ho-TSI Ye-ho-VAH ET-yis-ra-EL mim-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol verb vayyishma {וַיִּשְׁמַע | way-yiš-maʿ} ‘and he heard’, a narrative marker that foregrounds the action before introducing the subject Yitro {יִתְרוֹ | yiṯ-rô} ‘Jethro’.
In context — Exodus 18:1
And Jethro, the priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had accomplished for Moses and for Israel his people—how the LORD had brought Israel out from Egypt.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:1, so the Hebrew word יִתְר֨וֹ (yitro) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.18.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.1.W2.S1) and character.