Jeremiah 22:15:11Jer.22.15.W11TAB

מִשְׁפָּט֙

mishpat

justice

Transliteration
mish-paT
Extended
mihsh-paaT
IPA
/miʃˈpɔːt/

Meaning by language

English
justice

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִשְׁ + פָּט֙
mish + pat
mishpat

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Tett — emphatic

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Word in context

  1. word

    mish-paT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-SA mish-paT

  3. clause

    a-VI-kha ha-LO a-KHAL ve-sha-TA ve-a-SA mish-paT u-tse-da-KA AZ TOV LO

  4. sentence

    ha-tim-LOKH KI a-TA me-ta-kha-RE va-A-rez a-VI-kha ha-LO a-KHAL ve-sha-TA ve-a-SA mish-paT u-tse-da-KA AZ TOV LO

Exegesis

The contrast between these self-focused efforts and his father’s conduct—hālōʾ ʾāḥal wə-šātāh wə-ʿāśāh mishpāṭ û-ṣə-ḏā-qāh {הֲל֧וֹא אָכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֗ה וְעָשָׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּט֙ וּצְדָקָ֔ה | ha-lōʾ ʾā-ḥal wə-šā-tāh wə-ʿā-śāh miš-pāṭ û-ṣə-ḏā-qāh} ‘did he not eat and drink and do justice and righteousness’—reinforces the rhetorical contrast.

Root and etymology

š-p-ṭshin–pe–tav

to judge, govern

In contextJeremiah 22:15

Will you reign because you are striving in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness ? Then it was well for him.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 22:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Jeremiah 22:15, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּט֙ (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.22.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.15.W11.S1) and character.