מִשְׁפָּ֑ט

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   mish-PAT

   justice or judgment
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   be-LO mish-PAT

   without justice or judgment
3. clause🔊 ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵיתוֹ֙ בְּֽלֹא־צֶ֔דֶק וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   HOY bo-NE be-TO be-LO-TSDEK va-a-li-yo-TAV be-LO mish-PAT

   woe building his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice or judgment
4. sentence🔊 ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵיתוֹ֙ בְּֽלֹא־צֶ֔דֶק וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יַעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לֹ֥א יִתֶּן־לֽוֹ׃

   HOY bo-NE be-TO be-LO-TSDEK va-a-li-yo-TAV be-LO mish-PAT be-re-E-hu ya-a-VOD khin-NAM u-fo-a-LO LO yit-TEN-LO

   woe building his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice or judgment by his neighbor he makes serve or he works for nothing and his wages or his work-pay not he gives to him

Exegesis

It then introduces a condition with the participle boneh {בֹנֶה | bō-nĕ} ‘builder’ followed by the construct phrase beito belo-tsedeq {בֵיתוֹ בְּלֹא־צֶדֶק | bē-ṯô bǝ-lō-ṣe-ḏeq} (‘his house without righteousness’), which is mirrored by vaʿaliyotav belo-mishpat {וַעֲלִיּוֹתָיו בְּלֹא־מִשְׁפָּט | wa-ʿǎ-lî-yō-ṯāw bǝ-lō-miš-pāṭ} (‘his upper rooms without justice’).

Root and etymology

š-p-ṭ🔊 shin–pe–tet

“judgment or decision”

• 🔊 שֹׁפֵטšō-p̄ē-tjudgeJudges 2:16