Proverbs 16:10:3Prov.16.10.W3TAB
בְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט
bemishpat
“in judgment”
- Transliteration
- be-mish-PAT
- Extended
- beh-mihsh-PAAHT
- IPA
- /bə.miʃˈpɔːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- in judgment
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
be-mish-PAT
- clause
be-mish-PAT LO yim-AL-pi-V
- sentence
KE-sem al-sif-TE-me-lekh be-mish-PAT LO yim-AL-pi-V
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bə-mishpat {בְּמִשְׁפָּט | bə-miš-pāṭ} ‘in judgment’ confines the claim to legal settings.
Root and etymology
š-p-ṭshin–pe–tav
“to judge, to make a legal decision”
In context — Proverbs 16:10
An oracle is upon the king’s lips; in judgment his mouth does not transgress .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 16:10, so the Hebrew word בְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט (bemishpat) 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.16.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.10.W3.S1) and character.