Exodus 18:20:4Exod.18.20.W4TAB
וְאֶת־הַתּוֹרֹ֑ת
veethatorot
“and the laws”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-ha-to-ROT
- Extended
- veh-eht-hah-toh-ROHT
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛt.hat.to.ˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-ha-to-ROT
- 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.
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 18:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 18:20, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַתּוֹרֹ֑ת (veethatorot) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.20.W4.S1) and character.