2 Chronicles 20:37:52 Chr.20.37.W5TAB
עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט
alyehoshafat
“against Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- al-ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- ahl-yeh-hoh-shah-FAAT
- IPA
- /ʕal.jəhoː.ʃaːˈfɔːt/
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
- clause
va-yit-na-BE e-li-E-zer ben-do-da-VA-hu mim-ma-RE-sha al-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR
- sentence
va-yit-na-BE e-li-E-zer ben-do-da-VA-hu mim-ma-RE-sha al-ye-ho-sha-FAT le-MOR ke-hit-kha-BER-kha im-a-khaz-ya-HU PA-rats ye-ho-VAH et-ma-a-SE-kha va-yish-SHA-vru o-ni-YOT ve-LO ats-RU la-LE-khet el-tar-SHISH
Exegesis
The phrase ʿal-Yəhōšāp̄āṭ {עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָט | ʿal-yəhōšāp̄āṭ} ‘against Jehoshaphat’ introduces an adversative stance.
Root and etymology
y-h-sh-p-tyod–heh–shin–pe–tav
“YHWH judges”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:37
And Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken your works .” As a result, the ships were wrecked and were not able to go to Tarshish.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:37:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 20:37, 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.20.37.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.37.W5.S1) and character.