Amos 8:4:2Amos.8.4.W2TAB
הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים
hashoafim
“the ones who trample or pant after”
- Transliteration
- ha-sho-a-FIM
- Extended
- hah-shoh-ah-FEEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃoː.ʔăˈfiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones who trample or pant after
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
הַ + שֹּׁ + אֲ + פִ֖ים
↓
ha + sho + a + fim
↓
hashoafim
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sho-a-FIM
- clause
shim-E-U-ZOT ha-sho-a-FIM ev-yon
- sentence
shim-E-U-ZOT ha-sho-a-FIM ev-yon ve-la-shi-BIT a-nu-e-a-ni-E-A-rets
In context — Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land.
About this coordinate
Amos 8:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Amos 8:4, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים (hashoafim) 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 Amos.8.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Amos.8.4.W2.S1) and character.