Exodus 18:10:11Exod.18.10.W11TAB
פַּרְעֹ֑ה
paro
“Pharaoh”
- Transliteration
- par-O
- Extended
- pahr-OH
- IPA
- /par.ˈʕoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pharaoh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
par-O
- phraseyour reading level
oo-miy-YAD par-O
- clause
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O
- sentence
va-YO-mer yit-RO ba-RUKH Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER hi-TSIL et-KHEM miy-YAD mits-RA-yim oo-miy-YAD par-O a-SHER hi-TSIL et-ha-AM mit-TA-khat yahd-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
Two parallel prepositional phrases, miyad mitsrayim {מִיַּ֥ד מִצְרַ֖יִם | miy-yad miṣrāyim} ‘from the hand of Egypt’ and umiyad paroh {וּמִיַּ֣ד פַּרְעֹ֑ה | ū-miy-yad par-ʿōh} ‘and from the hand of Pharaoh,’ present balanced oppression motifs.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ayin–heh
“companion”
In context — Exodus 18:10
And Jethro said, “Blessed be the LORD , who has rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 18:10, so the Hebrew word פַּרְעֹ֑ה (paro) 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.18.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.10.W11.S1) and character.