Exodus 18:9:9Exod.18.9.W9TAB

הִצִּיל֖וֹ

hitseelo

he had delivered him

Transliteration
hi-TSEE-lo
Extended
hih-TSEE-loh
IPA
/hiˈtsiː.loː/

Meaning by language

English
he had delivered him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִ + צִּי + ל֖וֹ
hi + tsee + lo
hitseelo

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-TSEE-lo

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo

  3. clause

    a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo miy-YAD mits-RA-yim

  4. sentence

    va-yi-KHAD yit-RO AL kol-ha-to-VA a-SHER-a-SAH Ye-ho-VAH le-yis-ra-EL a-SHER hi-TSEE-lo miy-YAD mits-RA-yim

Exegesis

A second clause introduced by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ focuses on the specific act hiṣṣîlô {הִצִּיל֖וֹ | hiṣ-ṣî-lô} ‘he rescued him’ from mi-yad miṣrāyim {מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם | mî-yad miṣ-rā-yim}, employing the idiom “hand of Egypt” to denote power. The structure moves from the general reaction to a broad characterization of divine benevolence, then narrows to the climactic deliverance, mirroring the Hebrew emphasis sequence.

Root and etymology

n-ṣ-lnun–tsade–lamed

to deliver, snatch away

In contextExodus 18:9

And Jethro rejoiced over all the good that the LORD had done for Israel, for He had rescued them from the hand of Egypt.

About this coordinate

Exodus 18:9:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 18:9, so the Hebrew word הִצִּיל֖וֹ (hitseelo) 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.18.9.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.9.W9.S1) and character.