2 Kings 17:33:72 Kgs.17.33.W7TAB
כְּמִשְׁפַּט֙
kemishpat
“according to the custom of”
- Transliteration
- ke-mish-PAT
- Extended
- keh-mihsh-PAHt
- IPA
- /kəmiʃˈpat/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to the custom of
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-mish-PAT
- clause
ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
- sentence
et-Ye-ho-VAH ha-YU ye-re-IM ve-et-e-lo-HE-hem ha-YU o-veh-DIM ke-mish-PAT ha-go-YIM a-sher-hig-LU o-TAM mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ke-mishpat {כְמִשְׁפָּט | kə-mišpāṭ} ‘according to the custom’ governs ha-goyim {הַגּוֹיִם | ha-gōyim} ‘the nations’, locating their practice within foreign norms.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Pe–Tet
“judge, govern”
In context — 2 Kings 17:33
They feared the LORD and they served their gods according to the custom of the nations from which they had been deported.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:33, so the Hebrew word כְּמִשְׁפַּט֙ (kemishpat) 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 Kgs.17.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.33.W7.S1) and character.