2 Samuel 15:6:72 Sam.15.6.W7TAB
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט
lammishpat
“to the judgment”
- Transliteration
- lam-mish-PAT
- Extended
- lahm-mihsh-PAT
- IPA
- /lam.miʃˈpɔːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to 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
lam-mish-PAT
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ya-VO-u lam-mish-PAT
- clause
va-ya-AS av-sha-LOM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-ya-VO-u lam-mish-PAT el-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-AS av-sha-LOM ka-da-VAR ha-ZE le-KHOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-ya-VO-u lam-mish-PAT el-ha-ME-lekh va-ye-gan-NEV av-sha-LOM et-LEV an-SHE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
Lekol-Yisrael asher-yavo’u {לְכָל-יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר-יָבֹאוּ | lə-kol-Yiśrāʾēl ʾăšer-yābōʾū} ‘to all Israel who came’ defines the scope, with the infinitive lamishpat {לַמִּשְׁפָּט | la-mmîšpāṭ} ‘for judgment’ indicating purpose.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tet
“to judge”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:6
And Absalom did this thing to all Israel who came to the king for judgment , and Absalom stole the heart of the men of Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:6, so the Hebrew word לַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט (lammishpat) 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.15.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.6.W7.S1) and character.