Ezekiel 20:19:6Ezek.20.19.W6TAB
וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י
veetmishpatai
“and my rules”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-mish-PA-tai
- Extended
- veh-EET-mihsh-PAH-tah-ee
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.miʃˈpːaːtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my rules
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
ve-ET-mish-PA-tai
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khu ve-ET-mish-PA-tai shim-RU
- sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem be-khu-kO-tai LE-khu ve-ET-mish-PA-tai shim-RU va-a-SU o-TAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ} shifts focus to mishpatai {מִשְׁפָּטַי | miš-pā-ṭai} ‘My judgments,’ governed by shimru {שִׁמְרוּ | šim-rû} ‘keep.’
Root and etymology
Rootš–p–ṭ
“to judge; govern”
In context — Ezekiel 20:19
I am the LORD your God ; walk in My statutes , keep My judgments and do them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:19, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י (veetmishpatai) 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.20.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.19.W6.S1) and character.