Leviticus 18:4:1Lev.18.4.W1TAB
אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֧י
etmishpatai
“my ordinances”
- Transliteration
- et-mish-pa-TAI
- Extended
- eht-mish-pah-TAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.miʃpaˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my ordinances
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
et-mish-pa-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
et-mish-pa-TAI ta-a-SU
- clause
et-mish-pa-TAI ta-a-SU veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI tish-me-RU la-LE-khet ba-HEM
- sentence
et-mish-pa-TAI ta-a-SU veh-et-khoo-koh-TAI tish-me-RU la-LE-khet ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The verse begins with the direct object marker et-mishpatai {אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי | ʾeṯ-mish-pā-ṭāy} ‘my judgments’, which is the object of the imperative taʿă-śû {תַּעֲשׂ֛וּ | taʿă-śû} ‘you shall do’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-pe-tet
“to judge, to govern, legal decision”
In context — Leviticus 18:4
You shall do my judgments and you shall keep my statutes, to walk in them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֧י (etmishpatai) 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.18.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.4.W1.S1) and character.