2 Chronicles 4:7:52 Chr.4.7.W5TAB
כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם
kemishpatam
“according to their prescribed rule”
- Transliteration
- ke-mish-pa-TAM
- Extended
- keh-mihsh-paa-TAAM
- IPA
- /kəmiʃpaːˈtˤaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to their prescribed rule
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-ya-AS et-me-no-ROT ha-za-HAV E-ser ke-mish-pa-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-AS et-me-no-ROT ha-za-HAV E-ser ke-mish-pa-TAM va-yit-TEN ba-he-KHAL kha-MESH mi-ya-MIN ve-kha-MESH mis-se-MOL
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} ‘direct object marker’ highlights the totalizing object menorot {מְנוֹרוֹת | mə-nō-rō-ṯ} ‘lampstands’, with material specified by hazahav {הַזָּהָב | ha-zā-hāv} and quantity by eser {עֶשֶׂר | ʿe-sêr} ‘ten’ in the construct phrase kemishpatam {כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם | kə-miš-pā-ṭā(m)} ‘according to their ordinance’, indicating adherence to a formal cultic design.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭ
“judgment, ordinance”
In context — 2 Chronicles 4:7
And he made ten gold lampstands according to their ordinance and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 4:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 4:7, so the Hebrew word כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם (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 2 Chr.4.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.4.7.W5.S1) and character.