Exodus 18:20:5Exod.18.20.W5TAB
וְהוֹדַעְתָּ֣
vehodata
“you shall make known”
- Transliteration
- ve-ho-da-TA
- Extended
- veh-hoh-dah-TAA
- IPA
- /və.ho.daʕ.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall make known
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ho-da-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ho-da-TA la-HEM
- clause
ve-ho-da-TA la-HEM et-ha-DE-rekh YEL-khu BAH ve-et-ha-ma-a-SE a-SHER ya-a-SOON
- 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
The parallel verb vehodatta {וְהוֹדַעְתָּ | wə-hô-daʿ-tā} ‘and you shall make known’ balances the admonition, expanding the mandate to explicit teaching.
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 18:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 18:20, so the Hebrew word וְהוֹדַעְתָּ֣ (vehodata) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.20.W5.S1) and character.