2 Chronicles 34:20:52 Chr.34.20.W5TAB
בֶּן־שָׁ֠פָן
benshafan
“son of Shaphan”
- Transliteration
- BEN-sha-FAN
- Extended
- BEHN-shah-FAN
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʃaˈfaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Shaphan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
BEN-sha-FAN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-a-khi-KAM BEN-sha-FAN
- sentence
va-yet-TSAV ha-ME-lekh ET-khil-ki-YA-hu ve-ET-a-khi-KAM BEN-sha-FAN ve-ET-av-DON BEN-mi-KHA ve-ET sha-FAN ha-so-FER ve-ET a-sa-YA E-ved-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR
Exegesis
The repeated direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} parcels out a paratactic list of officials, each specified by construct-chain descriptors ben {בֶּן־ | ben} ‘son of’ and eved-hamelekh {עֶבֶד־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ʿe-ved ham-me-lekh} ‘servant of the king’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:20
And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 34:20, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שָׁ֠פָן (benshafan) 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.34.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.20.W5.S1) and character.