Joshua 20:6:7Josh.20.6.W7TAB
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט
lamishpat
“for judgment”
- Transliteration
- la-mish-PAT
- Extended
- lah-mish-PAAT
- IPA
- /haː.ʕeˈdaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for judgment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
la-mish-PAT
- clause
ve-ya-SHAV ba-IR ha-HI ad-om-DO lif-NEI ha-e-DAH la-mish-PAT ad-MOT ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
- sentence
ve-ya-SHAV ba-IR ha-HI ad-om-DO lif-NEI ha-e-DAH la-mish-PAT ad-MOT ha-ko-HEN ha-ga-DOL a-SHER yih-YE ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM AZ ya-SHUV ha-ro-TSE-akh u-VA el-i-RO ve-el-bei-TO el-ha-IR a-sher-NAS mi-SHAM
Exegesis
The clause ad-‘amdo lifnei ha’edah lamishpat {עַד־עָמְדוֹ לִפְנֵי הָעֵדָה לַמִּשְׁפָּט | ʿad-ʿā-mă-ḏōw liṯ-p̄nê hā-ʿê-ḏāh la-mişp̄āṭ} functions as a time-bound condition linking sanctuary to judicial review.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin–pe–tav
“judgment, justice”
In context — Joshua 20:6
And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the assembly for judgment, and until the death of the high priest who shall be in those days. Then the killer shall return to his city and to his house, to the city from which he fled.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 20:6, so the Hebrew word לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט (lamishpat) 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 Josh.20.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.6.W7.S1) and character.