Ezekiel 20:24:2Ezek.20.24.W2TAB
מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י
mishpatai
“my judgments or my legal decisions”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-TAI
- Extended
- mihsh-pah-TAI
- IPA
- /miʃ.paːˈtˤaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my judgments or my legal decisions
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mish-pa-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU
- clause
YA-an mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU ve-khu-kO-TAI ma-A-SU ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU
- sentence
YA-an mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU ve-khu-kO-TAI ma-A-SU ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU ve-a-kha-REI gil-lu-LEI a-vo-TAM ha-YU e-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The construct noun mishpatai {מִשְׁפָּטַי | mišpāṭāy} ‘my judgments’ bears a first person singular suffix marking divine ownership, immediately followed by the Qal perfect lo-asu {לֹא־עָשׂוּ | lō-ʿāśû} ‘they did not’, which denotes completed refusal.
Root and etymology
Rootš-p-ṭ
“to judge”
In context — Ezekiel 20:24
Because they did not carry out my judgments and despised my statutes , profaned my Sabbaths, and set their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 20:24, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י (mishpatai) 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.20.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.24.W2.S1) and character.