Deuteronomy 16:19:2Deut.16.19.W2TAB
מִשְׁפָּ֔ט
mishpat
“justice”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAT
- Extended
- mish-PAHT
- IPA
- /miʃˈpaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- justice
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-PAT
- phraseyour reading level
LO-ta-TEH mish-PAT
- clause
LO-ta-TEH mish-PAT LO ta-KIR pa-NIM
- sentence
LO-ta-TEH mish-PAT LO ta-KIR pa-NIM ve-LO-ti-KAKH SHO-khad KI ha-SHO-khad ye-a-VER ei-NEI kha-kha-MIM vi-sa-LEF div-REI tsa-di-KIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prohibitive particle lo {לֹא | lō} and the Hiphil imperfect tatteh {תַטֶּה | taṯ-teh} ‘pervert’ governing mishpat {מִשְׁפָּט | miš-pāṭ} ‘justice.’
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin-pe-tet
“to judge”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice, you shall not show favor , and you shall not accept a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 16:19, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּ֔ט (mishpat) 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.16.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.19.W2.S1) and character.