2 Kings 22:8:152 Kgs.22.8.W15TAB
אֶל־שָׁפָ֖ן
elshafan
“to Shaphan”
- Transliteration
- el-sha-FAN
- Extended
- ehl-shah-FAHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃaːˈfaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Shaphan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-sha-FAN
- clause
va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer khil-ki-YA-hu ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL al-sha-FAN ha-so-FER SE-fer ha-to-RA ma-TSA-ti be-VET ye-ho-VAH va-yit-TEN khil-ki-YA et-ha-SE-fer el-sha-FAN va-yik-ra-E-hu
In context — 2 Kings 22:8
And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found a scroll of the law in the house of the LORD .” And Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Kings 22:8, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׁפָ֖ן (elshafan) 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.22.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.8.W15.S1) and character.