Deuteronomy 17:11:5Deut.17.11.W5TAB
וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט
vealhamishpat
“and according to the judgment”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-ha-mish-PAT
- Extended
- veh-al-hah-mish-PAAT
- IPA
- /vəʕalhammiʃˈpaːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and according to the judgment
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ve-al-ha-mish-PAT
- clause
al-PI ha-to-RAH a-SHER yo-ru-KHA ve-al-ha-mish-PAT a-SHER-YO-mru le-KHA ta-a-SEH
- sentence
al-PI ha-to-RAH a-SHER yo-ru-KHA ve-al-ha-mish-PAT a-SHER-YO-mru le-KHA ta-a-SEH LO ta-SUR min-ha-da-VAR a-SHER-ya-GI-du le-KHA ya-MIN u-se-MOL
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-‘al {וְעַל־ | wə-‘al} ‘and according to’ parallels ham-miš-p̄ā-ṭ {הַמִּשְׁפָּט | ham-miš-p̄ā-ṭ} ‘judgment,’ followed by another ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă-šer} ‘which’ and yō-mə-rû {יֹאמְר֥וּ | yō-mə-rû} ‘they say,’ setting up the expectation in ta-‘ă-śeh {תַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה | ta-‘ă-śeh} ‘you shall do.’
Root and etymology
sh-p-tshin-pe-tav
“to judge, decide”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:11
According to the instruction which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they declare to you, you shall act. You shall not turn aside from the word that they declare to you, either to the right or to the left.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 17:11, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט (vealhamishpat) 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.17.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.11.W5.S1) and character.