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OSHB Num 10:29 חֹתֵן (ḩotēn) Strongs=2859 a Lemma=‘חֹתֵן’
contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’
Morphology=Vqrmsc PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-1490

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Other uses (9) of identical word form חֹתֵן (Morphology=Vqrmsc PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֹתֵן’ (Morphology=Vqrmsc PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_father-in-law_of’.

EXO 18:1 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB EXO 18:1 word 5

OET-LV: 18 and_he/it _listened Yitrō/(Jethro) the _priest _of Midyān the _father-in-law _of Mosheh DOM all _of that he _had _done god for_Mosheh and_for_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) people _of_his if/because _that he _had _brought _out YHWH DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (EXO_18:1)

OET-RV: 18 Now Yetro (Jethro), the priest at Midian and Mosheh’s father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Mosheh and for his people the Israelis—that Yahweh had brought the Israelis out of Egypt. (EXO 18:1)

EXO 18:2 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB EXO 18:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2 And_ Yitrō _he/it _took the _father-in-law _of Mosheh DOM Tsiporāh/(Zipporah) the _wife _of Mosheh after dismissal(s)_of_her. (EXO_18:2)

OET-RV: 2 (Yetro had been looking after Mosheh’s wife Zipporah and their two sons after he had sent her back (EXO 18:2)

EXO 18:5 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB EXO 18:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 And_ Yitrō _he _came the _father-in-law _of Mosheh and_his _of_sons and_his/its_woman/wife to Mosheh into the_wilderness where he was_encamping there the _mountain _of the_ʼElohīm. (EXO_18:5)

OET-RV: 5 So now Mosheh’s father-in-law brought Mosheh’s wife and sons to the wilderness where the people were camping near the mountain of God. (EXO 18:5)

EXO 18:12 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB EXO 18:12 word 3

OET-LV: 12 And_ Yitrō _he/it _took the _father-in-law _of Mosheh a _burnt _offering and_sacrifices to_god and_ ʼAhₐron _he _came and_all/each/any/every the _elders _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_eat food with the _father-in-law _of Mosheh to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_ʼElohīm. (EXO_18:12)

OET-RV: 12 Then Mosheh’s father-in-law Yetro made a burnt offering as well as sacrifices to God, and Aharon and all of the Israeli elders came to eat bread with Mosheh’s father-in-law in God’s presence. (EXO 18:12)

EXO 18:12 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB EXO 18:12 word 16

EXO 18:14 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB EXO 18:14 word 2

OET-LV: 14 And_he/it _saw the _father-in-law _of Mosheh DOM all _of that he was_doing for_people and_he/it _said what is_the_thing the_this which you are_doing for_people why are_you sitting you_alone and_all the_people is_standing at_you from morning until evening. (EXO_18:14)

OET-RV: 14 When his father-in-law noticed everything that he personally did for the people, he asked, “What’s this that you’re doing with the people? Why do you sit there alone, and all the people position themselves around you from morning until evening?” (EXO 18:14)

EXO 18:17 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB EXO 18:17 word 2

OET-LV: 17 And_he/it _said the _father-in-law _of Mosheh to_him/it not is_good the_thing which you are_doing. (EXO_18:17)

OET-RV: 17 “It’s not a good idea what you’re doing,” said Yetro. (EXO 18:17)

JDG 1:16 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB JDG 1:16 word 3

OET-LV: 16 and_the _sons the_Qēynī the _father-in-law _of Mosheh they _went _up from_the _city _of the _palm _trees with the _descendants _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) the _wilderness _of Yəhūdāh which is_in_the _Negeⱱ _of ˊArād and_he/it _went and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived with the_people. (JDG_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 The Kenites (descendants of Mosheh’s father-in-law), left the city of palm trees (Yericho) and went with Yehudah’s descendants to the southern wilderness near Arad and lived with the people there. (JDG 1:16)

JDG 4:11 contextual word gloss=‘the_father-in-law_of’ word gloss=‘father-in-law_of’ OSHB JDG 4:11 word 7

OET-LV: 11 And_Ḩeⱱer the_Qēynī was_separated from_the_Qēynī[s] from_(the)_sons of _Ḩoⱱāⱱ the _father-in-law _of Mosheh and_he _had _pitched tent _of_his to the_great _tree in_Tsaˊₐnannim/(Zaanannim) which is_with Qedesh. (JDG_4:11)

OET-RV: 11 Now Heber had moved with his wife Yael and their family away from the other Kenites (and from Mosheh’s father-in-law Hobab’s descendants) and set up his tent by the oak tree at Zaanannim near Kedesh. (JDG 4:11)