2 Kings 22:3:92 Kgs.22.3.W9TAB
אֶת־שָׁפָ֨ן
etshafan
“Shaphan {direct object marker}”
- Transliteration
- et-sha-FAN
- Extended
- eht-shaa-FAAN
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃaˈfaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Shaphan {direct object marker}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-sha-FAN
- phraseyour reading level
et-sha-FAN ben-a-zal-YA-hu ben-me-shul-LAM
- 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
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 22:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 22:3, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שָׁפָ֨ן (etshafan) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.3.W9.S1) and character.