2 Kings 23:22:72 Kgs.23.22.W7TAB
הַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים
hashofetim
“the judges”
- Transliteration
- ha-sho-fe-TIM
- Extended
- hah-shoh-feh-TEEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃoːfəˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the judges
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sho-fe-TIM
- clause
KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL ve-KHOL ye-ME mal-KHE yis-ra-EL u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The temporal phrase mimei hashoftim {מִימֵי הַשֹּׁפְטִים | mimê haššôp̄eṯîm} ‘from the days of the judges’ marks an epoch, further defined by the relative clause asher shaftu {אֲשֶׁר שָׁפְטוּ | ’ăšer šāphaṭû} ‘who judged.’
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ט
“to judge, govern”
In context — 2 Kings 23:22
For no Passover like this had been observed from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor during all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 23:22, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים (hashofetim) 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.23.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.22.W7.S1) and character.