Exodus 18:2:5Exod.18.2.W5TAB
אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה
ettsippora
“Zipporah”
- Transliteration
- et-tsip-po-RA
- Extended
- eht-tsihp-poh-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.tsip.po.ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Zipporah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
et-tsip-po-RA
- clause
va-yik-KAKH yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHEH et-tsip-po-RA E-shet mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHEH et-tsip-po-RA E-shet mo-SHEH a-KHAR shi-lu-KHE-ha
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} marks tsipporah eshet moshe {צִפֹּרָה אֵשֶׁת מֹשֶׁה | ṣip-pō-rāh ʾē-šeṯ mō-šeh} ‘Zipporah, the wife of Moses’ as the object, and the temporal phrase achar shillucheha {אַחַר שִׁלּוּחֶיהָ | ʾa-ḥar šil-lû-ḥe-hā} ‘after her sending away’ follows to indicate when the action took place. The Hebrew verb–subject–object structure is maintained in the formal reconstruction to reflect narrative pacing, while the dynamic translation restructures the temporal phrase into an initial subordinate clause for natural English flow.
In context — Exodus 18:2
And Jethro , Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after she had been sent away .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 18:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה (ettsippora) 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.18.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.2.W5.S1) and character.