2 Chronicles 19:6:22 Chr.19.6.W2TAB
אֶל־הַשֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים
elhashofetim
“to the judges”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-sho-fe-TIM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-shoh-feh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haʃ.ʃoːfəˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the judges
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
el-ha-sho-fe-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer el-ha-sho-fe-TIM
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ha-sho-fe-TIM re-U MA-a-tem o-SIM KI LO le-a-DAM tish-pe-TU KI la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer el-ha-sho-fe-TIM re-U MA-a-tem o-SIM KI LO le-a-DAM tish-pe-TU KI la-ye-ho-VAH ve-im-ma-KHEM bid-VAR mish-PAT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wāy-yōʾ-mer} ‘and he said’, introducing direct speech addressed to el-hashofetim {אֶל־הַשֹּׁפְטִים | ʾel-ha-šōp̄əṭîm} ‘to the judges’.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Pe–Tet
“to judge”
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:6
And he said to the judges , “See what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD ; and He is with you in the matter of judgment.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 19:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַשֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים (elhashofetim) 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.19.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.6.W2.S1) and character.