Deuteronomy 21:22:4Deut.21.22.W4TAB
מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֖וֶת
mishpatmavet
“a sentence of death”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAT-MA-vet
- Extended
- mish-PAHT-MA-vet
- IPA
- /miʃˈpat.maˈvet/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sentence of death
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-PAT-MA-vet
- clause
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH be-ISH KHET mish-PAT-MA-vet ve-hu-MAT
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH be-ISH KHET mish-PAT-MA-vet ve-hu-MAT ve-ta-LEE-ta o-TO al-ETS
Exegesis
The construct chain mishpat-mavet {מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֖וֶת | miš-pāṭ mā-weṯ} forms the legal verdict ‘judgment of death’, and vehumat {וְהוּמָ֑ת | wə-hū-māṯ} (Hofal perfect) conveys the completed execution.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Pe–Tet
“judgment, law”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:22
And when there is in a man a sin worthy of the judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you hang him on a tree.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 21:22, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֖וֶת (mishpatmavet) 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.21.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.22.W4.S1) and character.