Deuteronomy 21:17:16Deut.21.17.W16TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֥ט
mishpat
“the right”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAT
- Extended
- mish-PAHT
- IPA
- /miʃˈpat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the right
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-PAT
- phraseyour reading level
mish-PAT ha-be-kho-RAH
- clause
KI-HU re-shit O-no LO mish-PAT ha-be-kho-RAH
- sentence
KI et-ha-be-KHOR ben-ha-se-nu-AH ya-KIR la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO KI-HU re-shit O-no LO mish-PAT ha-be-kho-RAH
Exegesis
The verse concludes with mishpat ha-bekhorah {מִשְׁפָּט הַבְּכֹרָה | miš-pāṭ ha-bə-kho-rāh} ‘right of the firstborn’, which denotes the legal entitlement in Israelite inheritance law. This structure of alternating verbs, infinitives, and relative clauses is rendered in English with a main obligation clause followed by explanatory and causal clauses, maintaining the formal legal tone and logical sequence.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin–pe–tet
“judgment, law”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:17
But he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that is found to him, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 21:17, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּ֥ט (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.21.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.17.W16.S1) and character.