1 Kings 20:40:121 Kgs.20.40.W12TAB
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖ךָ
mishpatekha
“your judgment”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-TE-kha
- Extended
- mihsh-pah-TEH-khaa
- IPA
- /miʃ.paːˈtɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your judgment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pa-TE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
KEN mish-pa-TE-kha
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL KEN mish-pa-TE-kha a-TA kha-RATS-ta
- sentence
va-ye-HI av-de-KHA o-SE HE-na va-HE-na ve-HU e-NE-nu va-yo-MER e-LAV ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL KEN mish-pa-TE-kha a-TA kha-RATS-ta
Exegesis
In the verdict formula, kên {כֵּן | kên} “thus” introduces mishpāṭeḵā {מִשְׁפָּטֶךָ | mišpāṭeḵā} “your judgment,” and the perfect verb ḥārāṣtā {חָרָצְתָּ | ḥārāṣtā} confirms personal responsibility. The coordination underscores the link between distraction and accountability.
Root and etymology
š–p–ṭshin–pe–tsade
“to judge, decide”
In context — 1 Kings 20:40
And it happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he was not there. Then the king of Israel said to him, “So is your judgment; you have decided it yourself.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:40:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 20:40, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖ךָ (mishpatekha) 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.20.40.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.40.W12.S1) and character.