Deuteronomy 16:18:13Deut.16.18.W13TAB
מִשְׁפַּט־צֶֽדֶק׃
mishpattsedek
“with righteous judgment”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAT-TSE-dek
- Extended
- mish-PAHT-TSEH-dehk
- IPA
- /miʃˈpat.t͡seˈdɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- with righteous judgment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-PAT-TSE-dek
- 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 construct chain mishpat-tzedek {מִשְׁפַּט־צֶדֶק | miš-pāṭ-ṣe-ḏeq}, “judgment of justice,” specifies the qualitative standard. The English translation preserves Hebrew clause order and retains key legal terms to reflect the formal structure.
Root and etymology
צ־דֿ־ק
“righteousness”
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 16:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 16:18, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּט־צֶֽדֶק׃ (mishpattsedek) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.18.W13.S1) and character.