Exodus 18:17:2Exod.18.17.W2TAB
חֹתֵ֥ן
khoten
“father-in-law”
- Transliteration
- kho-TEN
- Extended
- kho-TEHN
- IPA
- /ħoˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- father-in-law
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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The word
Word in context
- word
kho-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
kho-TEN mo-SHEH
- clause
va-YO-mer kho-TEN mo-SHEH eh-LAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer kho-TEN mo-SHEH eh-LAV lo-TOV ha-da-VAR a-SHER a-TA o-SEH
Exegesis
The subject is the construct phrase choten Mosheh {חֹתֵן מֹשֶׁה | ḥō-tēn mō-šeh} ‘father-in-law of Moses’, establishing familial authority.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-ncheth–tav–nun
“to be related by marriage”
In context — Exodus 18:17
And Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:17, so the Hebrew word חֹתֵ֥ן (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.18.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.17.W2.S1) and character.