וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י

   ve-et-mish-PA-ta-TAI

   and the judgments of me or my judgments
2. clause🔊 וָאֶתְּנֵ֤ם לָהֶם֙ אֶת־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י הוֹדַ֣עְתִּי אוֹתָ֑ם

   va-ET-NEM la-HEM et-khu-KO-ta-TAI ve-et-mish-PA-ta-TAI ho-DA-ti o-TAM

   and I gave them to them the statutes of me or my statutes and the judgments of me or my judgments I made known them
3. sentence🔊 וָאֶתְּנֵ֤ם לָהֶם֙ אֶת־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י הוֹדַ֣עְתִּי אוֹתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אוֹתָ֖ם הָאָדָ֑ם וָחַ֥י בָּהֶֽם׃

   va-ET-NEM la-HEM et-khu-KO-ta-TAI ve-et-mish-PA-ta-TAI ho-DA-ti o-TAM a-SHER ya-a-SE o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-KHAI ba-HEM

   and I gave them to them the statutes of me or my statutes and the judgments of me or my judgments I made known them which he does or he will do them the human or the man and he lived or and he will live in them

Exegesis

The markers et {אֶת־ | ʾēt} and ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} introduce chukkotai {חֻקֹּתַי | ḥuq-qō-ṯai} ‘statutes’ and mishpatay {מִשְׁפָּטַי | miš-pā-ṭai} ‘judgments,’ both with first person singular suffixes indicating divine ownership.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־פ־טš-p-ṭ

“to judge, govern”

• 🔊 שׁוֹפֵטšō-pheṯjudgeJudges 2:16
• 🔊 מִשְׁפָּטmiš-pā-ṭjusticeGenesis 18:19