Nehemiah 13:28:6Neh.13.28.W6TAB
חָתָ֖ן
khatan
“a son-in-law”
- Transliteration
- kha-TAN
- Extended
- khaa-TAHN
- IPA
- /ħaːˈθaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a son-in-law
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kha-TAN
- clause
u-mib-be-NE yo-ya-DA ben-e-lya-SHIV ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL kha-TAN le-san-bal-LAT ha-kho-ro-NI
- sentence
u-mib-be-NE yo-ya-DA ben-e-lya-SHIV ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL kha-TAN le-san-bal-LAT ha-kho-ro-NI va-av-ri-KHE-hu me-a-LAI
Exegesis
The noun chatan le-Sanballat {חָתָ֖ן לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט | ḥā-ṭān lə-san-bal-lat} indicates a marriage alliance, and the Hiphil verb va-avrichehu {וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ | wā-ʾaḇ-rî-ḥê-hû} expresses causative expulsion.
Root and etymology
ḥ-t-nchet–tav–nun
“son-in-law”
In context — Nehemiah 13:28
And one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest , was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I drove him away from me.
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Nehemiah 13:28, so the Hebrew word חָתָ֖ן (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 Neh.13.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.28.W6.S1) and character.