Exodus 18:8:11Exod.18.8.W11TAB

אוֹדֹ֣ת

odot

the sake of

Transliteration
o-DOT
Extended
oh-DOHT
IPA
/ʔoˈdoːt/

Meaning by language

English
the sake of

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Result
אוֹ + דֹ֣ת
o + dot
odot

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    o-DOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    o-DOT yis-ra-EL

  3. clause

    va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    va-ye-sa-PER mo-SHEH le-khot-NO ET kol-a-SHER a-SA Ye-ho-VAH le-par-O oo-le-mits-RA-yim al o-DOT yis-ra-EL ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-a-TAM ba-DE-rekh va-yats-tsi-LEM Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The topical phrase al odot Yisrael {עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל | ʿal ʾō-ḏōṯ yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘concerning reports of Israel’ shifts focus to Israel’s experiences.

In contextExodus 18:8

And Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt on account of Israel, all the hardship that had met them on the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

About this coordinate

Exodus 18:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 18:8, so the Hebrew word אוֹדֹ֣ת (odot) 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.18.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W11.S1) and character.