# Shaphat

This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# twelve yoke of oxen

"12 yoke of oxen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# he himself was plowing with the twelfth yoke

The word "himself" indicates that Elisha was plowing with the last yoke, while other men were plowing with the other eleven yokes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])