Leviticus 18:26:4Lev.18.26.W4TAB
וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י
veetmishpatai
“and my judgments”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-mish-pa-TAI
- Extended
- veh-EHT-mish-pah-TAI
- IPA
- /və.ʔɛt.miʃ.paˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my judgments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-mish-pa-TAI
- clause
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-eh-VOHT ha-EL-leh
- sentence
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-eh-VOHT ha-EL-leh ha-ez-RAKH ve-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toch-KHEM
Exegesis
The paired direct-object markers et-hukotai {אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ | ʾet-ḥuqqōtāy} and ve-et-mishpatai {וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י | wə-ʾet-mišpāṭāy} introduce two distinct categories of divine commands.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭShin, Pe, Teth
“to judge, govern”
In context — Leviticus 18:26
But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and none of you shall do any of these abominations , neither the native nor the sojourner who dwells among you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י (veetmishpatai) 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 Lev.18.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.26.W4.S1) and character.