Exodus 18:5:3Exod.18.5.W3TAB
חֹתֵ֥ן
khoten
“father-in-law of”
- Transliteration
- kho-TEN
- Extended
- khoh-TEHN
- IPA
- /ħoːˈteːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- father-in-law of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kho-TEN
- 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’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-nkhet–tav–nun
“to be related by marriage”
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 18:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:5, so the Hebrew word חֹתֵ֥ן (khoten) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.5.W3.S1) and character.