חֹתֵ֣ן
𐤇𐤕𐤍
châthan
father-in-law
To become related by marriage, specifically to form an alliance through marriage or to enter into an affinity, usually referring to actions such as marrying, giving in marriage, or becoming a son-in-law or parent-in-law. The term commonly refers to the process or state of forging kinship by marriage, not to general wedding activity. Semantic range includes to become a son-in-law, to enter into marital kinship, to give or take a daughter in marriage, to ally oneself by marriage.
Exodus 18:2 · Word #3
Lexicon H2859
| Lemma | חָתַן |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤕𐤍 |
| Transliteration | châthan |
| Strong's | H2859 |
| Definition | To become related by marriage, specifically to form an alliance through marriage or to enter into an affinity, usually referring to actions such as marrying, giving in marriage, or becoming a son-in-law or parent-in-law. The term commonly refers to the process or state of forging kinship by marriage, not to general wedding activity. Semantic range includes to become a son-in-law, to enter into marital kinship, to give or take a daughter in marriage, to ally oneself by marriage. |
Morphology HVqrmsc
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | father-in-law |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2859-02
one forming marital alliance
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine singular, construct state. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle denotes a masculine singular agent actively establishing kinship by marriage. "One forming marital alliance" preserves the root’s core sense of forging affinity through marriage rather than defaulting to a fixed relational title. |
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