Exodus 18:5:6Exod.18.5.W6TAB
וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ
veishto
“and his wife”
- Transliteration
- ve-ish-TO
- Extended
- veh-ish-TOH
- IPA
- /və.ʔiʃˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his wife
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ve-ish-TO
- phraseyour reading level
u-va-NAV ve-ish-TO
- 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 coordinated phrase ûvanav veishto {וּבָנָיו וְאִשְׁתּוֹ | û-ḇānāw wə-ʾištô} ‘and his sons and his wife’ identifies the accompanying family.
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 18:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (veishto) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.5.W6.S1) and character.