Exodus 18:14:2Exod.18.14.W2TAB
חֹתֵ֣ן
khoten
“father-in-law of”
- Transliteration
- kho-TEN
- Extended
- kho-TEHN
- IPA
- /ħoˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- father-in-law of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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-SHE
- clause
va-YAR kho-TEN mo-SHE ET kol-a-sher-HU o-SE la-AM
- sentence
va-YAR kho-TEN mo-SHE ET kol-a-sher-HU o-SE la-AM va-yo-MER mah-had-da-VAR ha-ZE a-SHER a-TA o-SE la-AM mad-DU-a a-TA yo-SHEV le-vad-DE-kha ve-khol-ha-AM nit-TSAV a-LE-kha min-BO-ker ad-A-rev
Exegesis
The subject follows as the noun phrase choten Mosheh {חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה | ḥō-tēn mō-šeh} ‘father-in-law of Moses’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-nheth–taw–nun
“father-in-law”
In context — Exodus 18:14
When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this matter that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit by yourself while all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:14, 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.18.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.14.W2.S1) and character.