2 Kings 17:37:22 Kgs.17.37.W2TAB
וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֜ים
veethamishpatim
“and the judgments”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-mish-pa-TIM
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-mihsh-pah-TIIM
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.hammiʃpaːˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the judgments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-mish-pa-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-ha-khu-KIM ve-ET-ha-mish-pa-TIM
- clause
ve-ET-ha-khu-KIM ve-ET-ha-mish-pa-TIM ve-ha-to-RA ve-ha-mits-VA a-SHER ka-TAV la-KHEM tish-me-RUN la-a-SOT kal-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-ET-ha-khu-KIM ve-ET-ha-mish-pa-TIM ve-ha-to-RA ve-ha-mits-VA a-SHER ka-TAV la-KHEM tish-me-RUN la-a-SOT kal-ha-ya-MIM ve-LO ti-re-U e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
Exegesis
The Hebrew text features four objects introduced by the direct object marker ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə’ĕt} ‘and the’, attaching to ha-ḥuqqîm {הַחֻקִּים | ha-ḥuqqîm} ‘the statutes’, ha-mišpāṭîm {הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים | ha-mišpāṭîm} ‘the judgments’, hattôrāh {הַתּוֹרָה | hattôrāh} ‘the law’, and hammitswāh {הַמִּצְוָה | hammitswāh} ‘the commandment’.
Root and etymology
š–p–ṭ
“judgment, legal decision”
In context — 2 Kings 17:37
And the statutes and the judgments and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall be careful to keep and do forever; and you shall not fear other gods.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:37:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:37, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֜ים (veethamishpatim) 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.17.37.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.37.W2.S1) and character.