Exodus 18:12:14Exod.18.12.W14TAB
עִם־חֹתֵ֥ן
imkhoten
“with father-in-law of”
- Transliteration
- im-kho-TEN
- Extended
- im-kho-TEHN
- IPA
- /ʕim.ħoˈθeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- with father-in-law of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-kho-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
im-kho-TEN mo-SHE
- clause
va-ya-VO a-ha-RON ve-KHOL zik-NEI yis-ra-EL le-eh-khol-LE-khem im-kho-TEN mo-SHE lif-NEI ha-eh-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHE oh-LA oo-ze-va-KHIM leh-eh-lo-HIM va-ya-VO a-ha-RON ve-KHOL zik-NEI yis-ra-EL le-eh-khol-LE-khem im-kho-TEN mo-SHE lif-NEI ha-eh-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase imchoten moshe {עִם־חֹתֵ֥ן מֹשֶׁ֖ה | ʿim ḥōtēn mōšeh} ‘with father-in-law of Moses’ situates the shared meal, and lifnei haelohim {לִפְנֵ֥י הָאֱלֹהִֽים | lip̄nê hāʾĕlōhîm} ‘before the God’ frames the event within divine presence. The wayyiqtol sequence is rendered with past narrative verbs, construct chains are preserved in relational phrases, and lifnei is translated as “before God” (formal) and “in the presence of God” (dynamic) to maintain theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
“people, nation”
In context — Exodus 18:12
And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took a burnt offering and sacrifices to God , and Aaron came along with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 18:12, so the Hebrew word עִם־חֹתֵ֥ן (imkhoten) 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.18.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.12.W14.S1) and character.