2 Chronicles 1:2:72 Chr.1.2.W7TAB
וְלַשֹּׁפְטִ֣ים
velashoftim
“and to the judges”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-shof-TIM
- Extended
- veh-lah-shohf-TEEM
- IPA
- /vəlɑʃ.ʃofˈṭiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the judges
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-shof-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-shof-TIM u-le-KHOL-na-SI
- clause
le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM ve-ha-me-OT ve-la-shof-TIM u-le-KHOL-na-SI le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER she-lo-MO le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL le-sa-RE ha-a-la-FIM ve-ha-me-OT ve-la-shof-TIM u-le-KHOL-na-SI le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A series of coordinated lə-phrases—lesarei ha-alafim {לְשָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים | lə-śā-rê hā-ʾă-lā-fîm} ‘to the officers of the thousands’, ve-la-meot {וְלַמֵּאוֹת | wə-lam-mē-ʾōt} ‘and to the hundreds’, ve-la-shoftim {וְלַשֹּׁפְטִים | wə-laš-šōp̄-ṭîm} ‘and to the judges’—details the military-administrative ranks.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Pe, Tet
“to judge, decide”
In context — 2 Chronicles 1:2
Then Solomon addressed all Israel: the officers of the thousands and of the hundreds, the judges, and every leader throughout Israel—the heads of the fathers’ houses.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 1:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 1:2, so the Hebrew word וְלַשֹּׁפְטִ֣ים (velashoftim) 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 2 Chr.1.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.1.2.W7.S1) and character.