1 Kings 20:10:91 Kgs.20.10.W9TAB
יוֹסִ֑פוּ
yosifu
“may they add”
- Transliteration
- yo-SI-fu
- Extended
- yoh-SEE-foo
- IPA
- /joːˈsiːfuː/
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-SI-fu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHO yo-SI-fu
- clause
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV ben-ha-DAD va-yo-MER ko-ya-a-SUN LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SI-fu
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH e-LAV ben-ha-DAD va-yo-MER ko-ya-a-SUN LI e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-SI-fu im-yis-pe-KOK a-FAR shom-re-RON lish-e-a-LIM le-khol-ha-AM a-SHER be-rag-LAI
Exegesis
The oath formula employs the demonstrative + jussive sequence kōh-yaʿă-sûn…yô-sî-pû {כֹּֽה־יַעֲשׂ֥וּן…יוֹסִ֑פוּ} ‘thus may they do… may they add’, intensifying the curse.
In context — 1 Kings 20:10
And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, “Thus may the gods do to me, and thus may they add, if the dust of Samaria is sufficient for handfuls for all the people who are at my feet.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 20:10, so the Hebrew word יוֹסִ֑פוּ (yosifu) 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.20.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.10.W9.S1) and character.