מִשְׁפָּ֥ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט

   mish-PAT

   justice or judgment
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה

   mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA

   justice or judgment and righteousness or equity
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֗י עֹשֶׂ֛ה מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה לְכָל־עַמּֽוֹ׃

   va-ye-HI O-se mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA le-KHOL-a-MO

   and he was doing or making justice or judgment and righteousness or equity for all his people
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ דָּוִ֖יד עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֗י עֹשֶׂ֛ה מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה לְכָל־עַמּֽוֹ׃

   va-yim-LOKH da-VID al-KOL-yis-ra-EL va-ye-HI O-se mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA le-KHOL-a-MO

   and he reigned David over all Israel and he was doing or making justice or judgment and righteousness or equity for all his people

Exegesis

The paired nouns mishpat {מִשְׁפָּט | miš-pā-ṭ} ‘judgment’ and utsedaqah {וּצְדָקָה | ū-ṣə-dā-qāh} ‘righteousness’ form synonymous parallelism describing ideal governance.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־פ־טsh-p-t

“to judge”

• 🔊 שׁוֹפֵטshō-petjudgeJudges 2:16
• 🔊 מִשְׁפָּטִיםmiš-pā-ṭîmjudgmentsExodus 21:1