2 Samuel 15:2:122 Sam.15.2.W12TAB
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט
lamishpat
“for the judgment”
- Transliteration
- la-mish-PAT
- Extended
- lah-mihsh-PAHT
- IPA
- /lam.mɪʃˈpaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the judgment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-mish-PAT
- clause
va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
- sentence
ve-hish-KIM av-sha-LOM ve-a-MAD al-YAD DE-rekh ha-SHA-ar va-ye-HI kol-ha-ISH a-sher-yi-HE-ye-lo-RIV la-VO el-ha-ME-lekh la-mish-PAT va-yik-RA av-sha-LOM e-LAV va-yo-MER e-mi-ZE IR a-TA va-yo-MER me-a-KHAD shiv-TE-yi-yis-ra-EL av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The temporal relative clause vayehi kol-ha’ish asher yihyeh-lo-riv lavo el-ha-melekh lamishpat {וַיְהִ֡י כָּל־הָאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִיב לָב֨וֹ אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט | wayhî kol-hāʾîš ăšer-yihyeh-lô-rîv lābōʾ ʾel-hammeleḵ lammišpāṭ} employs a relative pronoun plus Qal imperfect to describe habitual legal proceedings.
The Qal infinitive construct lavo {לָב֨וֹא | lābōʾ} ‘to come’ with the following lamishpat {לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט | lammišpāṭ} functions as purpose “for judgment.”
Root and etymology
sh-p-tshin–pe–tet
“to govern, decide”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:2
Absalom rose early and stood beside the road at the gate. And it happened that whenever any man had a dispute to come to the king for judgment , Absalom would call to him and say, “From which city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 15:2, so the Hebrew word לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט (lamishpat) 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 Sam.15.2.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.2.W12.S1) and character.