Leviticus 18:5:3Lev.18.5.W3TAB
וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י
vehehtmishpatai
“my ordinances”
- Transliteration
- veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI
- Extended
- veh-eht-mihsh-pah-TAI
- IPA
- /wə.ʔɛt.miʃpaˈtaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my ordinances
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
veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI
- clause
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM
- sentence
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The direct object markers et {אֶת־ | ʾet} and ve'et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} introduce chukotai {חֻקֹּתַי | ḥû-qqō-tāy} ‘my statutes’ and mishpatai {מִשְׁפָּטַי | miš-pā-ṭāy} ‘my judgments’ with first person singular possession.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin-pey-taw
“to judge”
In context — Leviticus 18:5
And you shall keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a person does them, that person shall live by them. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י (vehehtmishpatai) 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.18.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.5.W3.S1) and character.