2 Kings 23:28:32 Kgs.23.28.W3TAB
יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ
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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Word in context
- word
yo-shi-YA-hu
- phraseyour reading level
div-RE yo-shi-YA-hu
- clause
ve-YE-ter div-RE yo-shi-YA-hu ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE yo-shi-YA-hu ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM ke-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The construct chain divrei {דִּבְרֵ֥י | dib-rê} ‘acts’ attaches to Yoshiyahu {יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ | yō-šî-yā-hû}, specifying the king’s deeds.
In context — 2 Kings 23:28
And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 23:28, so the Hebrew word יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ (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.23.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.28.W3.S1) and character.