Deuteronomy 16:18:10Deut.16.18.W10TAB
לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ
lishvatekha
“according to your tribes”
- Transliteration
- lish-va-TE-kha
- Extended
- leesh-vah-TEH-khah
- IPA
- /liʃvaˈteːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to your tribes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-va-TE-kha
- clause
shof-TIM ve-sho-TRIM ti-TEN-le-KHA be-KHOL-she-a-RE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA lish-va-TE-kha
- sentence
shof-TIM ve-sho-TRIM ti-TEN-le-KHA be-KHOL-she-a-RE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA lish-va-TE-kha ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM mish-PAT-TSE-dek
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase li-shvatekha {לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ | li-šə-ḇā-ṯê-ḵā} “for your tribes” extends jurisdiction.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates , which the LORD your God is giving you for your tribes, and they shall judge the people with a judgment of justice.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 16:18, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ (lishvatekha) 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 Deut.16.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.18.W10.S1) and character.