2 Kings 17:40:42 Kgs.17.40.W4TAB
אִֽם־כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם
imkemishpatam
“if according to their judgment or custom”
- Transliteration
- im-ke-mish-pa-TAM
- Extended
- ihm-keh-mihsh-pah-TAAHM
- IPA
- /ʔim.kəmiʃpaːˈtɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- if according to their judgment or custom
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-ke-mish-pa-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON
- clause
KI im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON HEM O-sim
- sentence
ve-LO sha-ME-u KI im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON HEM O-sim
Exegesis
The contrastive conjunction ki im {כִּי אִם | kî ʾim} introduces the construct chain ke-mishpatam {כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם | kə-miš-pā-ṭām} ‘according to their custom’ with harishon {הָרִאשׁוֹן | hā-rîʾšôn} ‘the former’, linking action to a prior pattern.
Root and etymology
lettersšīn–pē–ṭēt
“judgment, custom”
In context — 2 Kings 17:40
But they did not heed ; instead, they continued in their custom .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 17:40, so the Hebrew word אִֽם־כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֥ם (imkemishpatam) 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.17.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.40.W4.S1) and character.