Exodus 18:6:7Exod.18.6.W7TAB
אֵלֶ֑יךָ
elekhaa
“to you”
- Transliteration
- e-le-KHAA
- Extended
- eh-le-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔeˈlexa/
Meaning by language
- English
- to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
e-le-KHAA
- phraseyour reading level
BAA e-le-KHAA
- clause
va-YO-mer el-mo-SHEH a-NI kho-ten-KHAA yit-ROH BAA e-le-KHAA
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-mo-SHEH a-NI kho-ten-KHAA yit-ROH BAA e-le-KHAA ve-ISH-te-KHAA u-she-NEE vah-NEH-yah im-MAAH
Exegesis
The participle ba {בָּא | bā} ‘coming’ conveys ongoing action, paired with elekha {אֵלֶיךָ | ʾê-lê-kā} ‘to you’.
In context — Exodus 18:6
And he said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro , am coming to you, and your wife and her two sons are with her.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֵלֶ֑יךָ (elekhaa) 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.18.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.6.W7.S1) and character.