2 Kings 15:5:142 Kgs.15.5.W14TAB
שֹׁפֵ֖ט
shofet
“judging or governing”
- Transliteration
- sho-FET
- Extended
- shoh-FEHT
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈfɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- judging or governing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-FET
- clause
ve-yo-TAM ben-ha-ME-lekh al-ha-BA-yit sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-NAG-ga ye-ho-VAH et-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-HI me-tso-RA ad-YOM mo-TO va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT ha-khaf-SHIT ve-yo-TAM ben-ha-ME-lekh al-ha-BA-yit sho-FET et-AM ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The participle šōp̄ēṭ {שֹׁפֵ֖ט | šōp̄ēṭ} ‘judging’ governs ʾet-ʿam-haʾāreṣ {אֶת־עַ֥ם־הָאָרֶץ | ʾet-ʿam-haʾāreṣ} ‘the people of the land’. The series of vav-consecutives creates a chronological progression highlighting both divine judgment and royal administration.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tav
“to judge, govern”
In context — 2 Kings 15:5
And the LORD struck the king and he became a leper until the day of his death, and he lived in the house of separation. And Jotham, the king’s son, was over the house judging the people of the land.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 15:5, so the Hebrew word שֹׁפֵ֖ט (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 Kgs.15.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.5.W14.S1) and character.