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# שְׁפַטְיָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8203

**Shephatiah** — used 10 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/1513/8203/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁפַטְיָה(וּ): n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8203/#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, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, 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: of Shephatiah (7); Shephatiah (2); \[was\] Shephatiah (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 2:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.4/#tree)

בְּנֵ֣י שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Shephatiah three hundred(s) seventy and two

*JPS 1917:* The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

[Nehemiah 7:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.9/#tree)

בְּנֵ֣י שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Shephatiah three hundred(s) seventy and two

*JPS 1917:* The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8203.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8203/): 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).