2 Chronicles 18:28:32 Chr.18.28.W3TAB
וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט
viyehoshafat
“and Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- vih-yeh-hoh-shah-FAHT
- IPA
- /vi.jəhoːʃɑːˈfɑt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Jehoshaphat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- phraseyour reading level
vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YA-al ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA el-ra-MOT gil-AD
Exegesis
This verb precedes the compound subject melek-yisrael {מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | melek-yiśrāʾēl} ‘king of Israel’ and viyhoshaphat {וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט | wîhôšāp̄āṭ} ‘Jehoshaphat’, foregrounding the action before the participants.
Root and etymology
Rooty-h-sh-p-t
“Yahweh has judged”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:28
So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat , king of Judah, went up to Ramoth Gilead.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 18:28, so the Hebrew word וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט (viyehoshafat) 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.18.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.28.W3.S1) and character.