Ezekiel 18:9:3Ezek.18.9.W3TAB
וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥י
umishpatai
“and my judgments”
- Transliteration
- u-mish-pa-TAI
- Extended
- oo-mihsh-pah-TAA-ee
- IPA
- /uːmiʃpɔːˈtɑːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my judgments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-mish-pa-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
u-mish-pa-TAI sha-MAR
- clause
be-khu-ko-TAI ye-hal-LEKH u-mish-pa-TAI sha-MAR la-a-SOT e-MET
- sentence
be-khu-ko-TAI ye-hal-LEKH u-mish-pa-TAI sha-MAR la-a-SOT e-MET tsa-DIK HU kha-YO yikh-YE ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The verse begins with a chained expression bechukotai yehalech {בְּחֻקּוֹתַי יְהַלֵּךְ | bə-ḥuqqō-ṯai yə-hal-lēḵ} ‘he walks in my statutes’, followed by the vav-clause ū-mišpāṭai šāmar {וּמִשְׁפָּטַי שָׁמַר | ū-miš-pā-ṭai šā-mar} ‘and keeps my judgments’, which is extended by the infinitive la-ʿāśōṯ ʾĕ-meṯ {לַעֲשׂוֹת אֱמֶת | la-ʿāśōṯ ʾĕ-meṯ} ‘to do truth’. The parallel Hithpael and Qal verbs emphasize complete obedience to divine directives.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–tet
“decision, justice”
In context — Ezekiel 18:9
He who walks in My statutes and keeps My judgments to do truth, he is just ; he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 18:9, so the Hebrew word וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֥י (umishpatai) 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.18.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.9.W3.S1) and character.