Exodus 18:1:5Exod.18.1.W5TAB
חֹתֵ֣ן
khoten
“father-in-law of”
- Transliteration
- kho-TEN
- Extended
- khoh-TEHN
- IPA
- /ħo.ˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- father-in-law of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kho-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
kho-TEN mo-SHEH
- 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.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-nheth–tav–nun
“to be related by marriage”
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 18:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 18:1, so the Hebrew word חֹתֵ֣ן (khoten) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.1.W5.S1) and character.