2 Kings 19:2:52 Kgs.19.2.W5TAB
הַסֹּפֵ֗ר
hasofer
“the scribe”
- Transliteration
- ha-so-FER
- Extended
- hah-soh-FEER
- IPA
- /has.soːˈfeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the scribe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-so-FER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER
- clause
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH et-e-l-ya-KIM a-sher-al-ha-BA-yit ve-shev-NA ha-so-FER ve-ET zik-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM mit-kha-sim ba-sa-KIM el-ye-sha-YA-hu ha-na-VI ben-A-mots
Exegesis
Appositional coordination appears in ve-Shevna ha-sofer {וְשֶׁבְנָ֣א הַסֹּפֵ֗ר | wə-šev-nāʾ ha-ṣō-p̄er}, clarifying Shebna’s office.
Root and etymology
ס־פ־ר
“to count, recount, write”
In context — 2 Kings 19:2
And he sent Elyakim , who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe , and the elders of the priests, who were covering themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 19:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word הַסֹּפֵ֗ר (hasofer) 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.19.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.19.2.W5.S1) and character.