Judges 15:6:8Judg.15.6.W8TAB
חֲתַ֣ן
khatan
“son-in-law”
- Transliteration
- kha-TAN
- Extended
- khah-TAN
- IPA
- /ħăˈtan/
Meaning by language
- English
- son-in-law
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-TAN
- phraseyour reading level
kha-TAN ha-tim-NI
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu va-ya-a-LU pe-lish-TIM va-yis-re-FU o-TAH ve-et-a-VI-ha ba-ESH
Exegesis
The construct phrase chatan hattimni {חֲתַן הַתִּמְנִי | ḥāṯān hattimnî} ‘son-in-law of the Timnite’ establishes Samson’s social role.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ–t–n
“son-in-law, bridegroom”
In context — Judges 15:6
The Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” Then the Philistines went up and burned her and her father with fire.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 15:6, so the Hebrew word חֲתַ֣ן (khatan) 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 Judg.15.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.6.W8.S1) and character.