2 Chronicles 17:5:82 Chr.17.5.W8TAB
לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט
liyehoshafat
“to Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- li-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- lih-yeh-hoh-shah-FAAT
- IPA
- /lij.əhoːʃaːˈfɑt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Jehoshaphat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
li-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- clause
va-YA-khen ye-ho-VAH et-ha-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO va-yit-NE-nu khol-ye-hu-DA min-KHA li-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- sentence
va-YA-khen ye-ho-VAH et-ha-mam-la-KHA be-ya-DO va-yit-NE-nu khol-ye-hu-DA min-KHA li-ye-ho-sha-FAT va-ye-HI-lo O-sher-ve-kha-VOD la-ROV
Exegesis
The object minchah {מִנְחָ֖ה | minḥāh} signals a formal gift suited to honoring a ruler, and the dative liyehoshaphat {לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט | liyəhôšāp̄āṭ} specifies the recipient.
Root and etymology
y-h-sh-p-tyod–he–shin–pe–tet
“Yahweh judges”
In context — 2 Chronicles 17:5
And the LORD firmly established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah gave Jehoshaphat tribute , and he came to have wealth and honor in abundance.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 17:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 17:5, so the Hebrew word לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט (liyehoshafat) 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.17.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.17.5.W8.S1) and character.