2 Chronicles 20:12:32 Chr.20.12.W3TAB
תִשְׁפָּט־בָּ֔ם
tishpetobam
“will you judge them”
- Transliteration
- tish-pe-TO-BAM
- Extended
- tihsh-peh-TOH-BAHM
- IPA
- /tiʃpɔtˈbaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- will you judge them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-pe-TO-BAM
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO tish-pe-TO-BAM
- clause
e-lo-HEI-nu ha-LO tish-pe-TO-BAM KI EN BA-nu KO-akh lif-NEI he-ha-MON ha-RAV ha-ZE ha-BA a-LEI-nu
- sentence
e-lo-HEI-nu ha-LO tish-pe-TO-BAM KI EN BA-nu KO-akh lif-NEI he-ha-MON ha-RAV ha-ZE ha-BA a-LEI-nu va-a-NAKH-nu LO NE-da MA-na-a-SE KI a-LEI-kha ei-NEI-nu
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect tišpāṭ-bām {תִשְׁפָּט־בָּ֔ם | ti-špā-ṭ-bām} ‘will you judge them,’ with its prepositional suffix, directs judgment toward the enemies.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin–pe–ṭet
“judge, govern”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:12
Our God will You not judge them? For there is no strength in us before this great multitude that comes against us, and we do not know what we will do, but our eyes are upon You.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 20:12, so the Hebrew word תִשְׁפָּט־בָּ֔ם (tishpetobam) 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 2 Chr.20.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.12.W3.S1) and character.