Ezekiel 18:21:11Ezek.18.21.W11TAB
מִשְׁפָּ֖ט
mishpat
“justice”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAT
- Extended
- mihsh-PAHT
- IPA
- /miʃˈpɔːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- justice
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-PAT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SA mish-PAT
- clause
ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA
- sentence
ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA kha-YO yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
Exegesis
Veasah mishpat utsedaqah {וְעָשָׂה מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה | wə-ʿā-śāh miš-pāṭ û-ṣə-dā-qāh} pairs justice with righteousness to convey covenant faithfulness.
Root and etymology
sh-p-ṭshin–pe–tet
“judgment, decision”
In context — Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked turns back from all his sins which he has committed, and keeps all My statutes , and does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 18:21, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּ֖ט (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 Ezek.18.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.21.W11.S1) and character.