2 Kings 22:3:62 Kgs.22.3.W6TAB
יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ
yoshiyahu
“Josiah”
- Transliteration
- yo-shi-YA-hu
- Extended
- yoh-shih-YAA-hoo
- IPA
- /joː.ʃijˈjaː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Josiah
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yo-shi-YA-hu
- clause
va-ye-HI bish-mo-NE e-se-RE sha-NA lam-ME-lekh yo-shi-YA-hu
- 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
Exegesis
The construct phrase lamelekh yoshiyahu {לַמֶּלֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ | la-me-leḵ yo-šî-ya-hû} specifies the regnal context, and the second vav-consecutive with shalach {שָׁלַח | šā-la-ḥ} introduces the main action. Genealogical identifiers in the construct chains et-shaphan, ben-atzalyahu, and ben-meshullam establish Shaphan’s lineage.
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 22:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 22:3, so the Hebrew word יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ (yoshiyahu) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.3.W6.S1) and character.