2 Samuel 15:4:102 Sam.15.4.W10TAB

וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט

umishpat

and a judgment or legal case

Transliteration
u-mish-PAT
Extended
oo-mihsh-PAHT
IPA
/u.miʃˈpɔːt/

Meaning by language

English
and a judgment or legal case

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Result
וּ + מִשְׁ + פָּ֖ט
u + mish + pat
umishpat

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Tett — emphatic

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    u-mish-PAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT

  3. clause

    ve-a-LAI ya-VO kal-ISH a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT ve-hits-dak-TIV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer av-sha-LOM mi-ye-si-ME-ni sho-FET ba-A-rets ve-a-LAI ya-VO kal-ISH a-she-re-yih-ye-LO-RIV u-mish-PAT ve-hits-dak-TIV

Exegesis

The coordinate û-miš-pāṭ {וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט | û-miš-pāṭ} ‘and a case’ parallels riv, and the resultative wə-hiṣ-daqqtîw {וְהִצְדַּקְתִּֽיו | wə-hiṣ-daqqtîw} ‘and I would justify him’ expresses the judicial outcome. The translation preserves the Hebrew word order and highlights Absalom’s ambition for judicial authority.

Root and etymology

ש־פ־ט

to judge

In context2 Samuel 15:4

And Absalom said, “Who will make me judge in the land, that every man who has a dispute or a case might come to me, and I would declare him right.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 15:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט (umishpat) 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.15.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.4.W10.S1) and character.