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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Result
חָ + תָ֖ן
kha + tan
khatan

Alphabet Analysis

Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    kha-TAN

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextNehemiah 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.