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# שְׁפַטְיָהוּ

Biblical Hebrew

**Shephatiah** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Shephatiah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b7_5d8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁפַטְיָה(וּ): n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b7_5d8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath judged, vindicated);—usually Σαφατια(ς): -יָה: fifth son of David 2 S 3:4 = 1 Ch 3:3 (Σαβατεια, A Σαφαθια, 𝔊L Σαφατιας). contemp. of Jerem. Je 38:1 (B Σαφανιας) man of Judah Ne 11:4. chiefs of families of restoration: (1) Ezr 2:4 = Ne 7:9; Ezr 8:8; (2) 2:57 = Ne 7:59. Benjamite 1 Ch 9:8. -יָהוּ: son of Jehosh. 2 Ch 21:2. hero of David 1 Ch 12:5. Simeonite 27:16.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Shephatiah (3).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 12:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.6/#tree)

אֶלְעוּזַ֤י וִירִימוֹת֙ וּבְעַלְיָ֣ה וּשְׁמַרְיָ֔הוּ וּשְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּ הַחֲרוּפִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite

*JPS 1917:* Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Hariphite;

[1 Chronicles 27:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.27.16/#tree)

וְעַל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָרֽאוּבֵנִ֣י נָגִ֔יד אֱלִיעֶ֖זֶר בֶּן־זִכְרִ֑יס לַשִּׁ֨מְעוֹנִ֔י שְׁפַטְיָ֖הוּ בֶּֽן־מַעֲכָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and over the.tribes of.Israel for the Reubenite\[s\] \[was\].chief Eliezer the.son of.Zikri for the Simeonite\[s\] Shephatiah the.son of.Maacah

*JPS 1917:* Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b7_5d8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b7_5d8_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).