Exodus 18:7:4Exod.18.7.W4TAB

חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ

khotno

his father-in-law

Transliteration
khot-NO
Extended
khoht-NOH
IPA
/xoθˈnoː/

Meaning by language

English
his father-in-law

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Result
חֹֽתְ + נ֗וֹ
khot + no
khotno

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    khot-NO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lik-RAT khot-NO

  3. clause

    va-ye-TSE mo-SHEH lik-RAT khot-NO va-yish-ta-KHU va-yish-sak-LO va-yish-a-LU eesh-leh-reh-EH-hoo leh-sha-LOM

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSE mo-SHEH lik-RAT khot-NO va-yish-ta-KHU va-yish-sak-LO va-yish-a-LU eesh-leh-reh-EH-hoo leh-sha-LOM va-ya-VO-U ha-o-he-LAH

Exegesis

The verb vayetse {וַיֵּצֵא | way-yē-ṣēʾ} ‘and he went out’ with the infinitive liqrat {לִקְרַאת | liq-rāṯ} marks purposeful motion toward khotno {חֹתְנוֹ | ḥōṯ-nō}.

In contextExodus 18:7

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law , and he bowed down and kissed him, and they asked each other about their well-being , and they came into the tent.

About this coordinate

Exodus 18:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 18:7, so the Hebrew word חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ (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.18.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.7.W4.S1) and character.