בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   ve-mish-PAT

   by justice or in judgment
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   ve-LO ve-mish-PAT

   and not by justice or in judgment
3. clause🔊 קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   ko-RE da-GAR ve-LO ya-LAD O-se O-sher ve-LO ve-mish-PAT

   calling or gathering a partridge and not it hatched or bore one making riches and not by justice or in judgment
4. sentence🔊 קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּחֲצִ֤י ימו יָמָיו֙ יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָבָֽל׃

   ko-RE da-GAR ve-LO ya-LAD O-se O-sher ve-LO ve-mish-PAT ba-kha-TSI ye-MO ya-MAV ya-az-ve-NO u-ve-a-kha-ri-TO yih-ye na-VAL

   calling or gathering a partridge and not it hatched or bore one making riches and not by justice or in judgment in the half of his days his days they will leave him and in his end he will be a fool

Exegesis

This is mirrored by oseh osher ve-lo be-mishpat {עֹשֶׂה עֹשֶׁר וְלֹא בְּמִשְּׁפָט | ʿō-šē ʿō-šer wə-lōʾ bə-miš-pāṭ} ‘one who gains riches without justice’, where the participle plus noun and a negated noun phrase create a moral contrast.

Root and etymology

שׁ־פ־ט🔊 shin–pe–ṭet

“judgment”

• 🔊 שֹׁפֵטšō-pêṭjudgeJudges 2:16