2 Kings 22:12:112 Kgs.22.12.W11TAB
הַסֹּפֵ֗ר
hasofer
“the scribe”
- Transliteration
- ha-so-FER
- Extended
- hah-soh-FEHR
- 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-ET sha-FAN ha-so-FER
- sentence
va-yetsaV ha-ME-lekh et-khil-ki-YA ha-ko-HEN ve-et-a-khi-KAM ben-sha-FAN ve-et-akh-BOR ben-mi-kha-YA ve-ET sha-FAN ha-so-FER ve-ET a-sa-YA E-ved-ha-ME-lekh le-MOR
Exegesis
Patronymic chains use ben־ {בֶּן־ | ben-} ‘son of’ appositions and occupational titles such as hasofer {הַסֹּפֵר | hassōp̄ēr} ‘the scribe’ to specify identity.
Root and etymology
s-p-r
“to count, recount”
In context — 2 Kings 22:12
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:12:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 22:12, 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.22.12.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.12.W11.S1) and character.