2 Chronicles 20:1:92 Chr.20.1.W9TAB
עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט
alyehoshafat
“against Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-hoh-shaa-FAAT
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəhoːʃaːˈfɑːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- against Jehoshaphat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
al-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN ba-U be-NE-MO-av u-ve-NE a-MON ve-i-MA-hem me-ha-a-mo-NIM al-ye-ho-sha-FAT la-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-Yehoshaphat {עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָט | ʿal-yĕhôšāp̄āṭ} ‘against Jehoshaphat’ identifies the target, and la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-milḥāmā} ‘for battle’ defines the martial intent. The asyndetic coordination of forces underscores the coalition’s unified threat.
Root and etymology
y-h-sh-p-tyod–heh–shin–pe–tav
“YHWH judges”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:1
And it happened after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites , came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 20:1, so the Hebrew word עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט (alyehoshafat) 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.20.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.1.W9.S1) and character.