Pronunciation: ji- ' hä-s ə - ˌ fat, -sh ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew Y ĕ h ō sh ā ph ā ṭ
Date: circa 1500
: a king of Judah who brought Judah into an alliance with the northern kingdom of Israel in the ninth century B.C.
Pronunciation: ji- ' hä-s ə - ˌ fat, -sh ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew Y ĕ h ō sh ā ph ā ṭ
Date: circa 1500
: a king of Judah who brought Judah into an alliance with the northern kingdom of Israel in the ninth century B.C.
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012