1 Kings 22:4:21 Kgs.22.4.W2TAB
אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט
elyehoshafat
“to Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-hoh-shah-FAHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəhoːʃaˈfɑt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jehoshaphat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-te-LEKH i-TI la-mil-kha-MA ra-MOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-te-LEKH i-TI la-mil-kha-MA ra-MOT gil-AD va-YO-mer ye-ho-sha-FAT el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL ka-MO-ni kha-MO-kha ke-a-MI ke-a-ME-kha ke-su-SAI ke-su-SE-kha
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tav
“to judge”
In context — 1 Kings 22:4
And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “As I am, so you are; as my people , so your people; as my horses, so your horses.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 22:4, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט (elyehoshafat) 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.22.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.4.W2.S1) and character.