Exodus 18:5:2Exod.18.5.W2TAB
יִתְר֨וֹ
yitro
“Jethro”
- Transliteration
- yit-RO
- Extended
- yit-ROH
- IPA
- /jitˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jethro
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
yit-RO
- phraseyour reading level
yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHEH
- clause
va-ya-VO yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHEH u-va-NAV ve-ish-TO el-mo-SHEH
- sentence
va-ya-VO yit-RO kho-TEN mo-SHEH u-va-NAV ve-ish-TO el-mo-SHEH el-ham-mid-BAR a-sher-HU kho-NEH SHAM HAR ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The subject is then specified as Yitro {יִתְרוֹ | yiṯ-rō} ‘Jethro’ with the appositional title khotēn {חֹתֵן | ḥō-tēn} ‘father-in-law’ of moshe {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh} ‘Moses’.
In context — Exodus 18:5
And Jethro , the father-in-law of Moses, came with his sons and his wife to Moses, to the wilderness where he was encamping at the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 18:5, so the Hebrew word יִתְר֨וֹ (yitro) 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.18.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.5.W2.S1) and character.