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title: יוֹשָׁפָט — Joshaphat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יוֹשָׁפָט (3146), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Joshaphat. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יוֹשָׁפָט

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«יוֹשָׁפָט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Joshaphat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 3146 · **BDB:** יְהוֹשָׁפָט

### Glosses

Joshaphat (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Joshaphat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3146/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3146/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωσαφαω, Ἰωσαφατ (י׳ hath judged, cf. אֱלִישָׁפָט, שְׁפַטְיָהוּ \& reff.)— יְהוֹ׳ (so all except 5. \& 6) king of Judah, son of Asa 1 K 15:24; 22:2 + 21 times 1 K; 2 K 1:17; 3:1, 7, 11, 12(×2), 14; 8:16(×2), 12:19; 1 Ch 3:10; 2 Ch 17:1 + 40 times 2 Ch. father of Jehu king of Israel 2 K 9:2, 14. chronicler under David \& Solomon, son of Ahilud 2 S 8:16; 1 K 4:3; 1 Ch 18:15; also 2 S 20:24 (𝔊L Σαφαν). one of Sol.’s 12 officers who provided victuals for the royal household 1 K 4:17 (𝔊L Ἰωασαφατ). יוֹ׳ one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 11:43. יוֹ׳ a priest \& trumpeter in David’s time 1 Ch 15:24. in n.pr.loc. עֵמֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָט Jo 4:2, 12, symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem, place of ultimate judgment.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יוֹשָׁפָט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3146/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.43/)

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חָנָן֙ בֶּֽן־מַעֲכָ֔ה וְיוֹשָׁפָ֖ט הַמִּתְנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hanan the.son of.Maacah and Joshaphat the Mithnite

*JPS 1917:* Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite;

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[1 Chronicles 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.24/)

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וּשְׁבַנְיָ֡הוּ וְיֽוֹשָׁפָ֡ט וּנְתַנְאֵ֡ל וַעֲמָשַׂ֡י וּ֠זְכַרְיָהוּ וּבְנָיָ֤הוּ וֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים מַחְצְרִים֙ בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת לִפְנֵ֖י אֲר֣וֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעֹבֵ֤ד אֱדֹם֙ עֹבֵ֤ד אֱדֹם֙ וִֽיחִיָּ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer the priests \[who\].blew.a.trumpet on trumpets before the.ark of.(the) God and Obed-Edom Obed-Edom and Jehiah gatekeepers for the ark

*JPS 1917:* And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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