1 Kings 19:2:91 Kgs.19.2.W9TAB
יוֹסִפ֔וּן
yosifun
“may they add”
- Transliteration
- yo-si-FUN
- Extended
- yoh-sih-FOON
- IPA
- /joː.siˈfuːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- may they add
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-si-FUN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHO yo-si-FUN
- clause
ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
- sentence
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL mal-EKH el-e-li-YA-hu le-MOR ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
Exegesis
The paired jussives in kō-ya-‘ă-šûn ’ĕ-lō-ḥîm vê-kō yō-sî-p̄ûn {כֹּה־יַעֲשׂוּן אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יוֹסִפ֔וּן | kō-ya-ʿă-šûn ʾĕ-lō-ḥîm vê-kō yō-sî-p̄ûn} invoke deities as oath-witnesses and intensify the imprecation.
In context — 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods do so to me, and may they add more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word יוֹסִפ֔וּן (yosifun) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.19.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.2.W9.S1) and character.