2 Chronicles 18:17:32 Chr.18.17.W3TAB
אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט
elyehoshafat
“to Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-hoh-shah-FAAT
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəhoːʃɑːˈfɑːt/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-LO a-MAR-ti e-LE-kha lo-yit-na-BE a-LAI TOV KI im-le-RA
Exegesis
The construct chain melech Yisrael {מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | mêleḵ yiśrāʼēl} identifies the speaker, and the prepositional phrase el Yehoshaphat {אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט | ʼel yəhōšāp̄āṭ} marks the addressee.
Root and etymology
Rooty-h-sh-p-t
“Yahweh has judged”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:17
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but only evil ?”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 18:17, so the Hebrew word אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט (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 2 Chr.18.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.17.W3.S1) and character.