2 Chronicles 2:16:82 Chr.2.16.W8TABWLC 2 Chronicles 2:15
רַפְסֹד֣וֹת
rafsodot
“rafts”
- Transliteration
- raf-so-DOT
- Extended
- rahf-soh-DOHT
- IPA
- /rafsoˈdoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- rafts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
raf-so-DOT
- phraseyour reading level
raf-so-DOT al-YAM
- clause
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON ke-khol-tsar-KHE-ta u-ne-vi-EM le-KHA raf-so-DOT al-YAM
- sentence
va-a-NAKH-nu nih-kh-ROT E-tsim min-ha-le-va-NON ke-khol-tsar-KHE-ta u-ne-vi-EM le-KHA raf-so-DOT al-YAM ya-FO ve-a-TA ta-a-LE o-TAM ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The noun rapseḏōṯ {רַפְסְדוֹת | rap-se-ḏōṯ} ‘rafts’ and the adjunct ʿal-yam {עַל־יַם | ʿal-yam} ‘by sea’ mark the transport method, arriving at yā-pō {יָפוֹ | yā-pō} ‘Joppa.’
Root and etymology
ר־פ־ס
“raft”
In context — 2 Chronicles 2:16
And we will cut trees from Lebanon according to all your needs and bring them to you in rafts by sea to Joppa , and you shall transport them up to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 2:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 2:16, so the Hebrew word רַפְסֹד֣וֹת (rafsodot) 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.2.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.2.16.W8.S1) and character.