cho.ten occurs in construct expressions that identify a person within a family-related context.

The attested forms occur in construct expressions that place a person in a family-related context: repeatedly in statements involving Moses and Jethro, and also in the account of a young woman’s father and in a prohibition concerning a mother-in-law. The supplied verses do not independently specify the precise relationship conveyed by each construct expression apart from the translation’s contextual presentation.

1. Family-related construct designation · dominant

   The masculine singular construct form occurs in identifications involving Jethro and Moses: in Exodus 18:1 the APB identifies Jethro in relation to Moses, while Exodus 18:6 places the form in Jethro’s announcement to Moses. In Judges 19:4 the same form occurs in the clause about the young woman’s father, and Deuteronomy 27:23 has the feminine singular construct form in the curse clause concerning a mother-in-law.

   Exodus 18:1Exodus 18:6Exodus 3:1Judges 19:4Judges 4:11Deuteronomy 27:23

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant persons as “relative,” including Jethro in passages involving Moses, and uses “father-in-law” and “mother-in-law” in other family contexts. These English labels present the clauses’ context rather than establishing a separate rendering for each token.