Judges 19:4:2Judg.19.4.W2TAB
חֹֽתְנוֹ֙
khoteno
“his father-in-law”
- Transliteration
- kho-te-NO
- Extended
- khoh-teh-NOH
- IPA
- /ħoθəˈnoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his father-in-law
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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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Word in context
- word
kho-te-NO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK-BO kho-te-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA va-YE-shev i-TO she-LO-shet ya-MIM va-yo-khe-LU va-yish-TU va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
The construct chain chotno avi hanaʿarah {חֹתְנוֹ אֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה | ḥōṯ-nō ʾă-vî han-na-ʿā-rāh} specifies the persuader’s identity.
In context — Judges 19:4
And his father-in-law, the father of the young woman, urged him, so he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and they spent the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 19:4, so the Hebrew word חֹֽתְנוֹ֙ (khoteno) 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.19.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.4.W2.S1) and character.