2 Chronicles 19:8:72 Chr.19.8.W7TAB
וּמֵרָאשֵׁ֤י
umerashe
“and from the heads of”
- Transliteration
- u-me-ra-SHE
- Extended
- oo-meh-raa-SHEE
- IPA
- /uː.meː.rɑːˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-me-ra-SHE
- phraseyour reading level
u-me-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT
- clause
ve-GAM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim he-e-MID ye-ho-sha-FAT min-ha-le-vi-YIM ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM u-me-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yis-ra-EL le-mish-PAT ye-ho-VAH ve-la-RIV
- sentence
ve-GAM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim he-e-MID ye-ho-sha-FAT min-ha-le-vi-YIM ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM u-me-ra-SHE ha-a-VOT le-yis-ra-EL le-mish-PAT ye-ho-VAH ve-la-RIV va-ya-shu-VU ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The coordinated construct mīn-hă-lə-vī-yim, wə-hă-kō-hă-nîm, ū-mē-rā-šê-hā-ʾā-vō-ṯ {מִן־הַלְוִיִּים וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וּמֵרָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת} lists the Levites, the priests, and the heads of ancestral families as appointees.
In context — 2 Chronicles 19:8
And also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed from among the Levites, the priests and the heads of the fathers of Israel for the judgment of the LORD and for disputes, and they returned to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 19:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 19:8, so the Hebrew word וּמֵרָאשֵׁ֤י (umerashe) 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.19.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.19.8.W7.S1) and character.