2 Chronicles 18:1:22 Chr.18.1.W2TAB
לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט
liyoshafat
“for Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- li-yo-sha-FAT
- Extended
- lih-yoh-shah-FAAT
- IPA
- /li.joːʃaːˈfɑːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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-yo-sha-FAT
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI li-yo-sha-FAT
- clause
va-ye-HI li-yo-sha-FAT O-sher ve-kha-VOD la-ROV
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-yo-sha-FAT O-sher ve-kha-VOD la-ROV va-yit-kha-TEN le-akh-AV
Exegesis
The dative-of-interest liyehoshafat {לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט | lî·yə·hō·šā·p̄āṭ} ‘to Jehoshaphat’ identifies the beneficiary.
Root and etymology
Rooty-h-sh-p-t
“Yahweh has judged”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:1
Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor in abundance, and he linked himself by marriage to Ahab .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 18:1, so the Hebrew word לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט (liyoshafat) 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.18.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.1.W2.S1) and character.