Leviticus 25:18:3Lev.25.18.W3TAB
וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י
vehetmishpatai
“and my judgments”
- Transliteration
- veh-et-mish-pa-TAI
- Extended
- veh-ehT-mish-pa-TAI
- IPA
- /wə.ʔet.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
veh-et-mish-pa-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
veh-et-mish-pa-TAI tish-me-RU
- clause
va-a-si-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI veh-et-mish-pa-TAI tish-me-RU va-a-si-TEM o-TAM
- sentence
va-a-si-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI veh-et-mish-pa-TAI tish-me-RU va-a-si-TEM o-TAM vee-shav-TEM al-ha-A-rets la-VE-takh
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks chukotai {חֻקֹּתַי | ḥuqqō-ṯāy} ‘my statutes’ and mishpatai {מִשְׁפָּטַי | mišpā-ṭāy} ‘my judgments’, a complementary pair reflecting the fullness of divine law (decrees and case rulings).
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ט
“to judge, govern”
In context — Leviticus 25:18
And you shall carry out my statutes and keep my judgments, and you shall do them, and you will dwell on the land securely.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 25:18, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֥י (vehetmishpatai) 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.25.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.18.W3.S1) and character.