Exodus 18:24:4Exod.18.24.W4TAB
חֹתְנ֑וֹ
khotno
“his father-in-law”
- Transliteration
- khot-NO
- Extended
- khoht-NOH
- IPA
- /ħot.ˈnoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khot-NO
- phraseyour reading level
le-KOL khot-NO
- clause
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH le-KOL khot-NO
- sentence
va-yish-MA mo-SHEH le-KOL khot-NO va-YA-AS KOL a-SHER a-MAR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lekol chotno {לְק֣וֹל חֹתְנ֑וֹ | lə-qôl ḥōt-nō} uses qol ‘voice’ metonymically for guidance.
In context — Exodus 18:24
And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and he carried out everything that he had said.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 18:24, so the Hebrew word חֹתְנ֑וֹ (khotno) 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.18.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.24.W4.S1) and character.