Exodus 18:12:9Exod.18.12.W9TAB
אַהֲרֹ֜ן
aharon
“Aaron”
- Transliteration
- a-ha-RON
- Extended
- ah-hah-ROHN
- IPA
- /ʔa.haˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Aaron
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ha-RON
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO a-ha-RON
- 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
A second wayyiqtol, vayavo {וַיָּבֹ֨א | wayyāḇōʾ} ‘and he came’, shifts the focus to aharon vechol ziknei yisrael {אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְכֹ֣ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | ʾahărōn wəḵōl ziqnê yiśrāʾēl}, emphasizing communal leadership.
Root and etymology
h-r-rheh–resh–resh
“hill, mountain”
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 18:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 18:12, so the Hebrew word אַהֲרֹ֜ן (aharon) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.12.W9.S1) and character.