Proverbs 12:5:3Prov.12.5.W3TAB
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
mishpat
“justice”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAT
- Extended
- mihsh-PAHT
- IPA
- /miʃˈpɑt/
Meaning by language
- English
- justice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
mish-PAT
- clause
makh-she-VOT tsa-di-KIM mish-PAT
- sentence
makh-she-VOT tsa-di-KIM mish-PAT takh-bu-LOT re-sha-IM mir-MA
Exegesis
Each clause assigns the predicate noun mishpat {מִשְׁפָּט | mišpāṭ} ‘justice’ or mirmah {מִרְמָה | mirmāh} ‘deceit’ directly after its subject. Hebrew omits the copula “to be” in such constructions, requiring its English supply as “are” or “lead to.” The chiastic pairing (righteous–justice vs. wicked–deceit) heightens moral contrast. Construct-state syntax underscores that outcomes flow from inner deliberations.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin–pe–tav
“to judge, govern”
In context — Proverbs 12:5
The thoughts of the righteous are justice, but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 12:5, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּ֑ט (mishpat) 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 Prov.12.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.5.W3.S1) and character.