Ezekiel 16:38:1Ezek.16.38.W1TAB
וּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙
ushefattik
“and I will judge you”
- Transliteration
- u-she-FAT-tik
- Extended
- oo-sheh-FAT-tihkh
- IPA
- /uʃəˈfat.tiːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will judge you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-she-FAT-tik
- clause
u-she-FAT-tik mish-pe-TE no-a-FOT ve-sho-fe-KHOT DAM
- sentence
u-she-FAT-tik mish-pe-TE no-a-FOT ve-sho-fe-KHOT DAM u-ne-TAT-tik DAM khe-MA ve-kin-A
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ushfatikh {וּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙ | û-šə-p̄aṭ-tîḵ} ‘and I will judge you’ links to the legal clause mishpetei noafot {מִשְׁפְּטֵ֣י נֹאֲפ֔וֹת | miš-pə-ṭê nōʼă-p̄ōṯ} ‘judgments of adulteresses,’ establishing the punitive standard.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–ṭaw
“to judge”
In context — Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge you as adulteresses and bloodshed perpetrators are judged, and I will give you blood in wrath and jealousy.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:38, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁפַטְתִּיךְ֙ (ushefattik) 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 Ezek.16.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.38.W1.S1) and character.