2 Kings 22:3:122 Kgs.22.3.W12TAB
הַסֹּפֵ֔ר
hassofer
“the scribe”
- Transliteration
- has-so-FER
- Extended
- hahs-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
has-so-FER
- clause
sha-LAKH ham-ME-lekh et-sha-FAN ben-a-zal-YA-hu ben-me-shul-LAM has-so-FER BET ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
- sentence
va-ye-HI bish-mo-NE e-se-RE sha-NA lam-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu sha-LAKH ham-ME-lekh et-sha-FAN ben-a-zal-YA-hu ben-me-shul-LAM has-so-FER BET ye-ho-VAH le-MOR
Root and etymology
s-p-r
“to count, recount”
In context — 2 Kings 22:3
And it happened in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD to say.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 22:3, so the Hebrew word הַסֹּפֵ֔ר (hassofer) 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.22.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.3.W12.S1) and character.