Ezekiel 20:16:2Ezek.20.16.W2TAB
בְּמִשְׁפְּטַ֣י
bemishpetai
“in my judgments”
- Transliteration
- be-mish-pe-TAI
- Extended
- beh-mihsh-peh-TAI
- IPA
- /bəmɪʃ.pəˈtːaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- in my judgments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-mish-pe-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
be-mish-pe-TAI ma-E-su
- clause
YA-an be-mish-pe-TAI ma-E-su ve-ET-khu-kO-tai lo-ha-le-KHU ba-HEM ve-ET-shab-be-TO-tai khil-le-LU
- sentence
YA-an be-mish-pe-TAI ma-E-su ve-ET-khu-kO-tai lo-ha-le-KHU ba-HEM ve-ET-shab-be-TO-tai khil-le-LU KI a-kha-RE gil-lu-LE-hem lib-BAM ho-LEKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase be-mishpatay {בְּמִשְׁפָּטַי | bə-miš-pa-ṭai} ‘in my judgments’ with the verb ma-os {מָאוֹס | mā-ʾōs} ‘they despised’ parallels the direct-object construction et-chukotai {אֶת־חֻקּוֹתַי | ḥuq-qō-ṯai} ‘my statutes’ and the negated verb lo-halkhu {לֹא־הָלְכוּ | lōʾ-hā-lə-ḵu} ‘they did not walk’, framing a model of rejection.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ט
“to judge, render verdict”
In context — Ezekiel 20:16
Because they despised my judgments and did not walk in my statutes, but they profaned my Sabbaths ; for their heart went after their idols .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 20:16, so the Hebrew word בְּמִשְׁפְּטַ֣י (bemishpetai) 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.20.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.16.W2.S1) and character.