מִשְׁפָּ֥ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט

   mish-PAT

   justice or judgment
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

   mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA

   justice or judgment and righteousness
3. clause🔊 בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְהַעֲמִיד֣וֹ לְעוֹלָ֔ם וַיִּתֶּנְךָ֤ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

   be-a-ha-VAT e-lo-HE-kha et-yis-ra-EL le-ha-a-mi-DO le-o-LAM va-yit-TEN-kha a-le-HEM le-ME-lekh la-a-SOT mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA

   because of the love of your God {direct object} Israel to establish him forever and he set you over them as king to do justice or judgment and righteousness
4. sentence🔊 יְהִ֨י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּר֔וּךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפֵ֣ץ בְּךָ֗ לְתִתְּךָ֤ עַל־כִּסְאוֹ֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְהַעֲמִיד֣וֹ לְעוֹלָ֔ם וַיִּתֶּנְךָ֤ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָֽה׃

   ye-HI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-RUKH a-SHER kha-FETS be-KHA le-tit-KHA al-KIS-o le-ME-lekh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-a-ha-VAT e-lo-HE-kha et-yis-ra-EL le-ha-a-mi-DO le-o-LAM va-yit-TEN-kha a-le-HEM le-ME-lekh la-a-SOT mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA

   may he be the LORD your God blessed who has delighted in you to set you on his throne as king for the LORD your God because of the love of your God {direct object} Israel to establish him forever and he set you over them as king to do justice or judgment and righteousness

Exegesis

Finally, the vav-consecutive verb vayittenkha ʿaleihem le-melekh la-ʿasot mishpat ut-ṣedakah {וַיִּתֶּנְךָ עֲלֵיהֶם לְמֶלֶךְ לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה | wa-yit-ten-ḵā ʿa-lê-hêm lə-me-le-ḵ la-ʿa-sôt miš-p̣āṭ wə-ṣə-ḏā-qāh} converts prior infinitives into realized action, rendering Hebrew VSO into English SVO to foreground divine commission and legal mandate.

Root and etymology

sh-p-t🔊 שׁ־פ־טshin–pe–tav

“to judge”

• 🔊 שׁוֹפֵטshofetjudgeJudges 2:16