Ezekiel 16:41:5Ezek.16.41.W5TAB
שְׁפָטִ֔ים
shefatim
“judgments”
- Transliteration
- she-fa-TIM
- Extended
- sheh-faa-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʃəfɔːˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- judgments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-fa-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SU-va-kh she-fa-TIM
- clause
ve-sar-FU va-TA-yikh ba-ESH ve-a-SU-va-kh she-fa-TIM le-e-NE na-SHIM ra-BOT
- sentence
ve-sar-FU va-TA-yikh ba-ESH ve-a-SU-va-kh she-fa-TIM le-e-NE na-SHIM ra-BOT ve-hish-ba-TI-kh miz-zo-NA ve-gam-et-NAN LO tit-te-NI-OD
Exegesis
The clause continues with ve-asu-bakh {וְעָשׂוּ־בָךְ | wə-ʿā-śû-bā-ḵ} ‘and they did to you’, where shefatim {שְׁפָטִים | še-p̄ā-ṭîm} ‘judgments’ functions as direct object, introduced to public shame by the phrase le-einei {לְעֵינֵי | lə-ʿê-nê} ‘before the eyes of’ and its plural witnesses nashim rabbot {נָשִׁים רַבּוֹת | nā-šîm rab-bôṯ} ‘many women’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–ṭaw
“to judge”
In context — Ezekiel 16:41
And they will burn your houses with fire, and they will execute judgments against you before the eyes of many women. And I will cause you to cease from your harlotry , and you will never give your hire again.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:41:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:41, so the Hebrew word שְׁפָטִ֔ים (shefatim) 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.16.41.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.41.W5.S1) and character.