1 Kings 22:8:31 Kgs.22.8.W3TAB
אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט
elyehoshafat
“to Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-SHA-fat
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-hoh-SHAH-faht
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-ye-ho-SHA-fat
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-SHA-fat OD
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-SHA-fat OD ish-e-KHAD li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-SHA-fat OD ish-e-KHAD li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-A-tiV KI lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-RA mi-KHAI-hu ben-yim-LA va-YO-mer ye-ho-SHA-fat al-yo-MAR ha-ME-lekh KEN
Exegesis
The subject melech-yisrael {מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל | mé-lekh-yiś-rā-ʾěl} ‘king of Israel’ precedes the indirect object el yehoshafat {אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָט | ʾěl yə-hō-shā-pāt} ‘to Jehoshaphat’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tav
“to judge”
In context — 1 Kings 22:8
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD , but I hate him , for he does not prophesy good concerning me but only evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 22:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט (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.22.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.8.W3.S1) and character.