1 Kings 18:28:51 Kgs.18.28.W5TAB
כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם
kemishpatam
“according to their custom”
- Transliteration
- ke-mish-pa-TAM
- Extended
- keh-mihsh-pah-TAAM
- IPA
- /kəmiʃpaːˈtɑːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to their custom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-mish-pa-TAM
- clause
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM
- sentence
va-yik-re-U be-KOL ga-DOL va-yit-go-de-DU ke-mish-pa-TAM ba-kha-ra-VOT u-var-ma-KHIM ad-she-FAKH-DAM a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The preposition ke in kemishpatam {כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם | kə-miš-pā-ṯām} ‘according to their custom’ forms an idiom specifying culturally prescribed behavior.
Root and etymology
sh-p-tShin–Pe–Tav
“law, custom, manner of judgment”
In context — 1 Kings 18:28
And they called out with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and spears, until their blood poured out upon them.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:28, so the Hebrew word כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם (kemishpatam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.18.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.28.W5.S1) and character.