Exodus 2:18:6Exod.2.18.W6TAB
מִהַרְתֶּ֥ן
miharten
“you hurried”
- Transliteration
- mi-har-TEN
- Extended
- mee-hahr-TEN
- IPA
- /mi.har.ˈtɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- you hurried
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mi-har-TEN
- phraseyour reading level
mi-har-TEN BO
- clause
va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
- sentence
va-ta-VO-na el-re-u-EL a-vi-HEN va-YO-mer mad-DU-a mi-har-TEN BO ha-YOM
Exegesis
The perfect verb miharten {מִהַרְתֶּן | mi-hār-tên} ‘you hurried’ indicates completed action, with the infinitive absolute bo {בֹּא | bōʾ} functioning as an intensifier.
In context — Exodus 2:18
And they came to Reuel their father, and he said, “Why have you hurried to come today?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 2:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 2:18, so the Hebrew word מִהַרְתֶּ֥ן (miharten) 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.2.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.2.18.W6.S1) and character.