1 Kings 22:42:11 Kgs.22.42.W1TAB
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט
yehoshafat
“Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-SHA-fat
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-SHAH-faht
- IPA
- /jəhoːʃaːˈfɑt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jehoshaphat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ye-ho-SHA-fat
- clause
ye-ho-SHA-fat ben-she-lo-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA be-mol-KHO ve-es-re-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH
- sentence
ye-ho-SHA-fat ben-she-lo-SHIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA be-mol-KHO ve-es-re-RIM ve-kha-MESH sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-im ve-SHEM IM-mo a-zu-VA bat-shil-KHI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prefixed conjunction ve- on Yehoshaphat {וְיְהוֹשָׁפָט | wə-yəhōšāp̄āṭ} ‘and Jehoshaphat’, linking to the prior narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tav
“to judge”
In context — 1 Kings 22:42
And Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Azubah , the daughter of Shilhi.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:42:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 22:42, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט (yehoshafat) 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.22.42.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.42.W1.S1) and character.