Deuteronomy 16:18:11Deut.16.18.W11TAB
וְשָׁפְט֥וּ
veshaftu
“and they shall judge”
- Transliteration
- ve-shaf-TU
- Extended
- veh-shahf-TOO
- IPA
- /vəʃafˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall judge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shaf-TU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM
- clause
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM mish-PAT-TSE-dek
- 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 vav-consecutive imperfect ve-shafetu {וְשָׁפְטוּ | wə-šā-p̄ə-ṯû} resumes action: “and they shall judge,” followed by the direct object et-ha’am {אֶת־הָעָם | ’et-hā-‘ām} “the people.”
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 16:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁפְט֥וּ (veshaftu) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.18.W11.S1) and character.