Exodus 18:8:3Exod.18.8.W3TAB
לְחֹ֣תְנ֔וֹ
lekhotno
“to his father-in-law”
- Transliteration
- le-khot-NO
- Extended
- leh-khoht-NOH
- IPA
- /lɛxoθˈnoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to his father-in-law
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
le-khot-NO
- 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
- 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 subject Mosheh {מֹשֶׁה | mō-šeh} precedes the indirect object lechotno {לְחֹתְנוֹ | lə-ḥōṯ-nô} ‘to his father-in-law’, highlighting Jethro as the hearer.
In context — Exodus 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 18:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 18:8, so the Hebrew word לְחֹ֣תְנ֔וֹ (lekhotno) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.8.W3.S1) and character.