חֹתֵן
Used: 22 times · Key: lemma:חֹתֵן · BDB: חֹתֵן
Glosses
father-in-law (11); the.father-in-law (10); mother-in-law (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
give tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.verb. wife’s father tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.verb. m. wife’s father (Arabic خَاتِنٌ a circumciser, hence father-in-law, with ref. to circumcision performed on young men just before marriage; خَتَنٌ relation on wife’s side; v. WeProl. 1886, 355 Anm. 1; Skizzen iii, 154 StaZAW 1886, 143 Anm. NöZMG 1886, 187; otherwise DlPr 91 LagBN 116)—cstr. חֹתֵן Ex 18:1 + 9 times, חֹתֶנְךָ Ex 18:6, חֹתְנוֹ Ex 3:1 + 9 times;—usually of Moses’ wife’s father Ex 3:1; 4:18; 18:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12(×2), 14, 15, 17, 24, 27 (all E), Nu 10:29 (J), Ju 1:16; 4:11; of a Levite Ju 19:4, 7, 9. f. wife’s mother, only sf. חֹתַנְתּוֹ Dt 27:23.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חֹתֵן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אָר֕וּר שֹׁכֵ֖ב עִם־חֹֽתַנְתּ֑וֹ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ס
Word for word: [is].cursed [one.who].lies with mother-in-law his and it.will.say all the people amen
JPS 1917: Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.
וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃
Word for word: and he.had.taken Jethro the.father-in-law of.Moses (et) Zipporah the.wife of.Moses after dismissal(s) her
JPS 1917: And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
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