Job 13:18:3Job.13.18.W3TAB
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
mishpetat
“a judgment or legal case”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-TAT
- Extended
- mihsh-peh-TAA T
- IPA
- /miʃ.pɑːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a judgment or legal case
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pe-TAT
- clause
hi-NE-na a-rakh-TI mish-pe-TAT
- sentence
hi-NE-na a-rakh-TI mish-pe-TAT ya-da-TI ki-a-NI ets-DAK
Exegesis
The perfect ʿāraktî {עָרַ֣כְתִּי | ʿāraktî} ‘I have arranged’ presents the preparation as already completed, and mišpāṭ {מִשְׁפָּ֑ט | mišpāṭ} ‘case/judgment’ frames the speech in legal imagery.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–pe–tet
“to judge, decide”
In context — Job 13:18
Behold, now I have arranged my case; I know that I will be justified.
About this coordinate
Job 13:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 13:18, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּ֑ט (mishpetat) 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 Job.13.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.13.18.W3.S1) and character.