2 Chronicles 25:23:62 Chr.25.23.W6TAB
תָּפַ֛שׂ
tafas
“captured”
- Transliteration
- ta-FAS
- Extended
- taa-FAHS
- IPA
- /taːˈfas/
Meaning by language
- English
- captured
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-FAS
- clause
ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh
- sentence
ve-ET a-ma-tsya-HU ME-lekh-ye-hu-DA BEN-yo-ASH BEN-ye-ho-a-KHAZ ta-FAS yo-ASH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL be-VET SHA-mesh va-ye-vi-E-HU ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yif-ROTS be-kho-MAT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mish-SHA-ar ef-ra-YIM ad-SHA-ar ha-po-NE ar-BA me-OT a-MA
Exegesis
The verb tafas {תָּפַ֛שׂ | ṯā-p̄aš} ‘seized’ completes the OSV order, with the subject yoash {יוֹאָ֥שׁ | yō-’āš} ‘Joash, king of Israel’.
Root and etymology
t-p-štav–peh–shin
“to seize”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:23
And Joash, king of Israel, seized Amaziah, king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he broke through the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate up to the Corner Gate , a span of four hundred cubits .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Chronicles 25:23, so the Hebrew word תָּפַ֛שׂ (tafas) 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.25.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.23.W6.S1) and character.