Proverbs 28:5:3Prov.28.5.W3TAB
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
mishpaht
“justice or judgment”
- Transliteration
- mish-PAHT
- Extended
- mihsh-PAHT
- IPA
- /miʃˈpɑt/
Meaning by language
- English
- justice or judgment
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-PAHT
- clause
an-she-RA lo-ya-VI-nu mish-PAHT
- sentence
an-she-RA lo-ya-VI-nu mish-PAHT u-me-vak-SHE ye-ho-VAH ya-VI-nu KOL
Exegesis
The noun mishpat {מִשְׁפָּ֑ט | miš-pāṭ} ‘justice’ functions as the direct object.
Root and etymology
sh-p-tshin–pe–tav
“justice,”
In context — Proverbs 28:5
Men of evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand everything .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 28:5, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּ֑ט (mishpaht) 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.28.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.5.W3.S1) and character.