2 Chronicles 20:34:32 Chr.20.34.W3TAB
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט
yehoshafat
“Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-shah-FAT
- IPA
- /jəhoːʃaˈfɔt/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jehoshaphat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ye-ho-sha-FAT
- phraseyour reading level
div-RE ye-ho-sha-FAT
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE ye-ho-sha-FAT ha-ri-sho-NIM ve-ha-a-kha-ro-NIM hi-NAM ke-tu-VIM be-div-RE ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI a-SHER ho-a-LA al-SE-fer mal-KHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The construct phrase divrei Yehoshaphat {דִּבְרֵי יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט | ḏibrê Yəhôšāp̄āṭ} ‘words of Jehoshaphat’ employs a plural construct to denote a record of acts.
Root and etymology
y-h-sh-p-tyod–heh–shin–pe–tav
“YHWH judges”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:34
And the remainder of the words of Jehoshaphat , the first and the last, behold, they are written in the words of Jehu the son of Hanani, which he set down upon the book of the kings of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 20:34, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹשָׁפָ֔ט (yehoshafat) 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.20.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.34.W3.S1) and character.