2 Chronicles 20:27:52 Chr.20.27.W5TAB
וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט
viyehoshafat
“and Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- vih-yeh-hoh-shaa-FAAT
- IPA
- /viːjəhoːʃaːˈfɔt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Jehoshaphat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- phraseyour reading level
vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA ki-sim-me-KHAM ye-ho-VAH me-o-ye-VE-hem
Exegesis
The prefixed conjunction on Yehoshaphat {וִיהוֹשָׁפָט | wî·yə·hō·šā·p̄āṭ} ‘and Jehoshaphat’ highlights leadership, further specified by the prepositional phrase be-rosham {בְּרֹאשָׁם | bə·rō·’ā·šam} ‘at their head.’
Root and etymology
y-h-sh-p-tyod–heh–shin–pe–tav
“YHWH judges”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:27
And all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice over their enemies.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:27, so the Hebrew word וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט (viyehoshafat) 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.20.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.27.W5.S1) and character.