Ezekiel 20:4:3Ezek.20.4.W3TAB
הֲתִשְׁפְּט֖וֹט
hatishpetot
“will you judge”
- Transliteration
- ha-tish-pe-TOT
- Extended
- hah-tihsh-peh-TOHT
- IPA
- /hă.tiʃ.pəˈtˤoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- will you judge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-tish-pe-TOT
- clause
ha-tish-POT o-TAM ha-tish-pe-TOT ben-a-DAM
- sentence
ha-tish-POT o-TAM ha-tish-pe-TOT ben-a-DAM et-to-a-VOt a-vo-TAM ho-di-EM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the emphatic interrogative repetition of hatispot {הֲתִשְׁפֹּט | ha-tiš-pōṭ} ‘will you judge’ combined with the object marker otam {אֹתָם | ʾō-ṯām} ‘them’, intensifying the rhetorical challenge.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ט
“to judge, govern”
In context — Ezekiel 20:4
Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers; make them aware.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:4, so the Hebrew word הֲתִשְׁפְּט֖וֹט (hatishpetot) 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.20.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.4.W3.S1) and character.