Exodus 18:16:14Exod.18.16.W14TAB
וְאֶת־תּוֹרֹתָֽיו׃
vehettohrotaav
“and his laws”
- Transliteration
- veh-et-toh-ro-TAAV
- Extended
- veh-et-toh-ro-TAAV
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛt.toː.roˈtaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his laws
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
veh-et-toh-ro-TAAV
- clause
veh-hoh-da-TEE et-khoo-KEI ha-e-lo-HIM veh-et-toh-ro-TAAV
- sentence
ki-ye-HYEH lah-HEM da-VAR BA eh-LAI veh-shah-FAHT-TEE BEIN ISH oo-BEIN reh-E-hu veh-hoh-da-TEE et-khoo-KEI ha-e-lo-HIM veh-et-toh-ro-TAAV
Exegesis
The constructs et-chukkei ha-Elohim {אֶת־חֻקֵּי הָאֱלֹהִים | ʾeṯ-ḥuq-qê hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} and ve-et-torotav {וְאֶת־תּוֹרֹתָיו | wə-ʾeṯ-tô-rō-ṯāw} bind statutes and laws directly to God, underscoring divine authority behind Moses’ judgments.
In context — Exodus 18:16
Whenever they have a matter come to them, it comes to me and I judge between a man and his fellow, and I make known the statutes of God and His laws .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 18:16, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־תּוֹרֹתָֽיו׃ (vehettohrotaav) 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.18.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.16.W14.S1) and character.