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Meaning and etymology of the name Joshaphat
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Joshaphat 
The name Joshaphat (a contracted form of the name Jehoshaphat) is assigned to one or two different men in the Bible. The first Joshaphat is a Mithnite, mentioned among the mighty men of David (1 Chronicles 11:43), who may or may not be the same as Joshaphat number two, a Levite trumpeter mentioned among the musicians who serenade the Ark as David transports it from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:24).
The name Joshaphat consists of two elements:
1) The name  , Jah or Jehu, which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHWH.
2) The ubiquitous verb  (shapat), meaning to judge, or rather: to govern. This verb is much more common than the more poetic equivalent din (see the name Dan), and covers a wide range of legislative, executive and judicial
For a meaning of the name Joshaphat, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names suggests The Lord Judges. BDB Theological Dictionary reads Yah Hath Judged and NOBS Study Bible Name List has the similar Yahweh Has Judged.
Other names that contain the verb shaphat are
Elishaphat,
Jehoshaphat,
Shaphat,
Shephatiah and
Shiphtan.
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