2 Chronicles 18:7:32 Chr.18.7.W3TAB
אֶֽל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡ט
elyehoshafat
“to Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- ehl-yeh-hoh-shah-FAAT
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.jəhoːʃaːˈfɔːt/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT OD ish-e-KHAD lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-TI-hu ki-e-NE-nu mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA KI khol-ya-MAV le-ra-A HU mi-kha-YE-hu ven-yim-LA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT OD ish-e-KHAD lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-TI-hu ki-e-NE-nu mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA KI khol-ya-MAV le-ra-A HU mi-kha-YE-hu ven-yim-LA va-YO-mer ye-ho-sha-FAT al-YO-mar ham-ME-lekh KEN
Exegesis
The subject melech-yisrael {מֶלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל | mé-lekh yi-srā-ʾēl} followed by el-yehoshaphat {אֶל־יְהוֹשָׁפָט | ʾel yĕ-hō-šā-pāṭ} marks speaker and addressee.
Root and etymology
Rooty-h-sh-p-t
“Yahweh has judged”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There remains one man through whom we may inquire of the LORD , but I hate him, for he never prophesies good for me—only evil —Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king speak that way.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 18:7, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡ט (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.18.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.7.W3.S1) and character.