יתרו

Hebrew

Etymology

From יֶתֶר (yéter, “abundance, surplus”) +‎ ־וֹ (ó, “his”), "his abundance".

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ji.tʁ̟o/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ji.θroː/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jɪs.rɔj/

Proper noun

יִתְרוֹ • (Yitró) m

1. (biblical) The father-in-law of Moses.
2. a male given name

References

• H3503 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible