Exodus 4:18:17Exod.4.18.W17PAT
יִתְר֛וֹ
yitro
“Jethro”
- Transliteration
- yit-RO
- Extended
- yit-ROH
- IPA
- /jiθ.ˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jethro
- French
- Jéthro
- Spanish
- Jetro
- Portuguese
- Jetro
- German
- Jethro
- Russian
- Иофор
- Arabic-Simplified
- يثرون
- Hindi
- यित्रो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 叶忒罗
- Korean
- 이드로
- Indonesian
- Yitro
- Bengali
- যেথ্রো
- Tagalog
- Jetro
- Swahili
- Yethro
- Amharic
- ይትሮ
- Yoruba
- Jetro
- Igbo
- Jetro
- Twi
- Yetro
- Ewe
- Yetro
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yit-RO
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer yit-RO
- clause
va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh mo-SHEH va-YA-shav el-YE-ter khot-NO va-YO-mer LO e-la-KHA NA ve-a-SHU-va el-a-KHAI a-sher-be-mits-RA-yim ve-er-EH ha-o-DAM khai-YIM va-YO-mer yit-RO le-mo-SHEH LEKH le-sha-LOM
In context — Exodus 4:18
and went Moses and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him let me go please and return to my brothers who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive and said Jethro to Moses go in peace
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:18:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 4:18, so the Hebrew word יִתְר֛וֹ (yitro) 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.4.18.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.18.W17.S1) and character.