Jeremiah 21:12:8Jer.21.12.W8TAB
מִשְׁפָּ֔ט
mishpat
“justice or judgment”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAT
- Extended
- mihsh-PAHT
- IPA
- /miʃˈpɔːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- justice or judgment
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-PAT
- clause
BET da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH di-NU la-BO-ker mish-PAT ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD o-SHEK
- sentence
BET da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH di-NU la-BO-ker mish-PAT ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD o-SHEK pen-TE-tse ka-ESH kha-ma-TI u-va-a-RA ve-EN me-kha-BE mi-pe-NE RO-a ma-a-le-HEM ma-al-le-KHEM
Exegesis
The Piel imperative dinu {דִּ֤ינוּ | dî-nû} ‘judge’ issues a decisive command, linked to the temporal phrase laboker mishpat {לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט | la-bō-ker miš-pāṭ} ‘in-the-morning judgment’, indicating a habitual session.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin–pe–tet
“to judge”
In context — Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus says the LORD : Execute justice in the morning , and deliver the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor, so that my wrath does not go out like fire and burn with none to quench it because of the evil of your deeds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 21:12, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּ֔ט (mishpat) 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 Jer.21.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.12.W8.S1) and character.