2 Kings 22:9:32 Kgs.22.9.W3TAB
הַסֹּפֵר֙
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
sha-FAN ha-so-FER
- clause
va-ya-VO sha-FAN ha-so-FER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHEV et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
- sentence
va-ya-VO sha-FAN ha-so-FER el-ha-ME-lekh va-ya-SHEV et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR va-yo-MER hi-TI-khu a-va-DE-kha et-ha-KE-sef ha-nim-TSA ba-BA-yit va-yit-ne-HU al-YAD o-SE ha-me-la-KHA ha-muf-ka-DIM BET Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subject Shaphan is identified by the participle hasoper {הַסֹּפֵר | ha-sō-p̄ēr} ‘the scribe’, indicating his official capacity.
Root and etymology
s-p-rs-p-r
“to count, recount, number”
In context — 2 Kings 22:9
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and reported to him, “Your servants have poured out the silver that was found in the house, and they have handed it over to the doers of the work, the overseers of the house of the LORD .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 22:9, so the Hebrew word הַסֹּפֵר֙ (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.22.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.9.W3.S1) and character.