Genesis 16:5:15Gen.16.5.W15TAB

יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט

yishpot

“may judge”

Transliteration: yish-POT
Extended: yish-POHT
IPA: /jiʃˈpoːt/

Meaning by language

English: may judge

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

יִשְׁ + פֹּ֥ט

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yish + pot

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yishpot

Alphabet Analysis

	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	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
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Tet	t — emphatic

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Word in context

word
yish-POT
phraseyour reading level
yish-POT Ye-ho-VAH
clause
yish-POT Ye-ho-VAH bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha
sentence
va-to-MER sa-RAI el-av-RAM kha-MA-si a-LEI-kha a-no-KHI na-TAT-ti shif-KHA-ti be-khei-KE-kha va-TE-re KI ha-RA-ta va-e-KAL be-ei-NE-ha yish-POT Ye-ho-VAH bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha

Exegesis

The jussive yishpot YHWH {יִשְׁפֹּט יְהוָה | yiš-pōṭ Yə-hō-wāh} invokes divine adjudication, with the paired prepositions beini u-veinekha {בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶֽיךָ | bênî û-bê-ne-kā} framing the dispute for God’s judgment.

In context — Genesis 16:5

And Sarai said to Abram, “My wrong rests on you. I gave my female servant into your lap, and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. Let the LORD judge between you and me.”

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 16:5, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט (yishpot) 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 Gen.16.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.5.W15.S1) and character.

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