2 Chronicles 19:5:22 Chr.19.5.W2TAB
שֹֽׁפְטִ֜ים
shofteim
“judges”
- Transliteration
- shof-TEIM
- Extended
- shof-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʃɔfˈṭiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- judges
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shof-TEIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-MED shof-TEIM
- sentence
va-ya-a-MED shof-TEIM ba-A-rets be-khol-a-REI ye-hu-DA hab-be-tsu-ROT le-IR va-IR
Exegesis
The noun shoftim {שֹׁפְטִים | šōp̄tîm} ‘judges’ functions as the direct object, indicating those authorized for legal governance.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ט
“to judge”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:5
He appointed judges in the land in every fortified city of Judah , city by city .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 19:5, so the Hebrew word שֹֽׁפְטִ֜ים (shofteim) 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.19.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.5.W2.S1) and character.