2 Chronicles 17:12:22 Chr.17.12.W2TAB
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט
yehoshafat
“Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-shah-FAAT
- IPA
- /jəhoːʃaˈfɑːt/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ye-ho-sha-FAT
- clause
va-ye-HI ye-ho-sha-FAT ho-LEKH ve-ga-DEL ad-le-MA-la
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-ho-sha-FAT ho-LEKH ve-ga-DEL ad-le-MA-la va-yiv-BEN bi-ye-hu-DA bi-ra-ni-YOT ve-a-RE mis-ke-NOT
Root and etymology
y-h-sh-p-tyod–he–shin–pe–tet
“Yahweh judges”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:12
And Jehoshaphat kept increasing, becoming greater and greater, and he built strongholds in Judah and cities for storehouses .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 17:12, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט (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 2 Chr.17.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.12.W2.S1) and character.