Exodus 18:1:4Exod.18.1.W4TAB
מִדְיָן֙
midyan
“Midian”
- Transliteration
- mid-YAN
- Extended
- mihd-YAAN
- IPA
- /mið.ˈjaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Midian
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mid-YAN
- 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
Two appositional phrases—kohen Midyan {כֹהֵן מִדְיָן | kō-hēn miḏ-yān} ‘priest of Midian’ and khoten Moshe {חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה | ḥō-tēn mō-šeh} ‘father-in-law of Moses’—specify his religious and familial identity.
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 18:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 18:1, so the Hebrew word מִדְיָן֙ (midyan) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.1.W4.S1) and character.