2 Chronicles 26:21:202 Chr.26.21.W20TAB

שׁוֹפֵ֖ט

shofet

judging

Transliteration
sho-FET
Extended
shoh-FEET
IPA
/ʃoːˈfeːt/

Meaning by language

English
judging

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שׁוֹ + פֵ֖ט
sho + fet
shofet

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Pep with dagesh; f without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    sho-FET

  2. clause

    ve-yo-TAM be-NO al-BET ham-ME-lekh sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI u-zi-YA-hu ham-ME-lekh me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV BET ha-kha-fe-SHOT ha-khaf-SHIT me-tso-RA KI nig-ZAR mib-BET ye-ho-VAH ve-yo-TAM be-NO al-BET ham-ME-lekh sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets

Exegesis

The final clause ve-yotam be-no ʿal-bet ha-melekh shofet ʾet-am ha-aretz {וְיוֹתָ֤ם בְּנוֹ֙ עַל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שׁוֹפֵ֖ט אֶת־עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ | ve-yo-tām be-nō ʿal-bēt ha-me-leḵ šō-pê-ṭ ʾet-‛am hā-ā-reṣ} focuses on Jotham’s succession, with the participle šō-pê-ṭ indicating his judicial role and the direct object marker ʾet specifying the people.

Root and etymology

to judge, govern

In context2 Chronicles 26:21

And Uzziah the king remained afflicted with leprosy until the day he died; he lived in a separate house, leprous, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD . And Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 26:21:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Chronicles 26:21, so the Hebrew word שׁוֹפֵ֖ט (shofet) 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.26.21.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.26.21.W20.S1) and character.