Exodus 18:26:1Exod.18.26.W1TAB
וְשָׁפְט֥וּ
veshaftu
“they judged”
- Transliteration
- ve-shaf-TU
- Extended
- veh-shahf-TOO
- IPA
- /wə.ʃaːf.ˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they judged
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shaf-TU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM
- clause
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM be-khol-ET
- sentence
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM be-khol-ET et-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-SHEH ye-vee-OON el-mo-SHEH ve-khol-ha-da-VAR ha-ka-TON yish-pu-TU HEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form veshaftu {וְשָׁפְטוּ | wə-šāpəṭû} ‘and they judged’, signaling a habitual judicial role.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ט
“to judge, govern”
In context — Exodus 18:26
And they judged the people continually; the difficult matter they brought to Moses, but every small matter they themselves decided.
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁפְט֥וּ (veshaftu) 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 Exod.18.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.26.W1.S1) and character.