2 Chronicles 21:2:122 Chr.21.2.W12TAB
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט
yehoshafat
“Jehoshaphat”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-sha-FAT
- Extended
- yeh-hoh-shah-FAAT
- IPA
- /jəhoːʃaːˈfɑt/
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
ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- clause
KAL-E-le be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-LO-a-KHIM be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT a-zar-YA vi-khi-e-EL u-ze-khar-YA-hu va-a-zar-YA-hu u-mi-kha-EL u-she-fat-YA-hu KAL-E-le be-NE ye-ho-sha-FAT ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
This is immediately specified by the construct chain benei Yehoshaphat {בְּנֵ֣י יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט | bənê yəhôšāfāṭ} ‘sons of Jehoshaphat,’ which anchors the list in lineage rather than geography. A string of proper names follows, many introduced with vav, producing a steady enumerative rhythm.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭ
“to judge”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:2
And he had brothers , the sons of Jehoshaphat : Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariahu, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat, king of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט (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.21.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.2.W12.S1) and character.