Exodus 18:20:3Exod.18.20.W3TAB
אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֖ים
ethakhukim
“the statutes”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-khu-KIM
- Extended
- eht-hah-khoo-KEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.ħu.ˈqiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the statutes
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-khu-KIM
- clause
ve-hiz-har-TA et-HEM et-ha-khu-KIM ve-et-ha-to-ROT
- sentence
ve-hiz-har-TA et-HEM et-ha-khu-KIM ve-et-ha-to-ROT ve-ho-da-TA la-HEM et-ha-DE-rekh YEL-khu BAH ve-et-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER ya-a-SOON
Exegesis
A series of direct object particles et and veet {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-; וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ-} introduces the paired hachukkim {הַחֻקִּים | ha-ḥuq-qîm} ‘statutes’ and hatorot {הַתּוֹרֹת | ha-tō-rōt} ‘instructions’, framing a legal–didactic structure.
Root and etymology
Rootheth-qoph-qoph
“to engrave, prescribe”
In context — Exodus 18:20
And you shall warn them about the statutes and the instructions, and you shall make known to them the way in which they should walk and the deed which they should do.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֖ים (ethakhukim) 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.18.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.20.W3.S1) and character.