2 Chronicles 22:8:22 Chr.22.8.W2TAB
כְּהִשָּׁפֵ֥ט
kehishpafet
“when judging”
- Transliteration
- ke-hish-PA-fet
- Extended
- keh-hihsh-PAA-feht
- IPA
- /kəhiʃ.ʃaːˈfɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- when judging
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
ke-hish-PA-fet
- phraseyour reading level
ke-hish-PA-fet ye-HU
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-hish-PA-fet ye-HU im-BET a-khAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-hish-PA-fet ye-HU im-BET a-khAV va-yim-TSA et-sa-RE ye-hu-DA u-ve-NE a-KHE a-khaz-ya-HU me-sha-re-TIM la-a-khaz-ya-HU va-ya-har-GEM
Exegesis
The temporal infinitive construct ke-hishafet {כְּהִשָּׁפֵ֥ט | kə-hiš-šā-pêṭ} denotes a concurrent act of judgment.
Root and etymology
“to judge”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:8
It happened, while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 22:8, so the Hebrew word כְּהִשָּׁפֵ֥ט (kehishpafet) 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.22.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.8.W2.S1) and character.