2 Chronicles 18:9:32 Chr.18.9.W3TAB
וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט
viyehoshafat
“and Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- vih-yeh-hoh-shah-FAHT
- IPA
- /vi.jəhoː.ʃɑːˈfɑt/
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
- clause
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn
- sentence
u-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA yo-she-VIM ISH al-KIS-ev me-lu-ba-SHIM be-ga-DIM ve-yo-she-VIM be-GO-ren PE-takh SHA-ar shom-ROn ve-KHOL-ha-ne-vi-IM mit-na-be-IM lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with two coordinated subjects, melekh yisraʼel {מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל | mèleḵ yiśrāʼēl} ‘sovereign ruler’ and viyehoshaphat melekh-yehudah {וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֡ה | wə-yĕhôšāp̄āṭ mèleḵ yĕhû-ḏāh} ‘Jehoshaphat, the Judahite monarch’, linked by the conjunction vav.
Root and etymology
Rooty-h-sh-p-t
“Yahweh has judged”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:9
The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each on his throne, clothed in garments ; they sat at the threshing floor near the entrance of the gate of Samaria, while all the prophets were prophesying before them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 18:9, so the Hebrew word וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט (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.18.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.9.W3.S1) and character.