Deuteronomy 16:18:1Deut.16.18.W1PAT
שֹׁפְטִ֣ים
shoftim
“judges”
- Transliteration
- shof-TIM
- Extended
- shohf-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʃofˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- judges
- French
- juges
- Spanish
- jueces
- Portuguese
- juízes
- German
- Richter
- Russian
- судьи
- Arabic-Simplified
- قضاة
- Hindi
- न्यायाधीश
- Chinese-Simplified
- 审判官
- Korean
- 재판관들
- Indonesian
- hakim
- Bengali
- বিচারকরা
- Tagalog
- mga hukom
- Swahili
- waamuzi
- Amharic
- ዳኞች
- Yoruba
- awọn adajọ
- Igbo
- ndị ikpe
- Twi
- atemmufoɔ
- Ewe
- nukpɔlaawo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shof-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
shof-TIM veh-SHOT-RIM
- clause
shof-TIM veh-SHOT-RIM ti-TEN-le-KHA be-KHOL-she-a-RE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA lish-va-TE-kha
- sentence
shof-TIM veh-SHOT-RIM ti-TEN-le-KHA be-KHOL-she-a-RE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA lish-va-TE-kha ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM mish-PAT-TSE-dek
In context — Deuteronomy 16:18
appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your gates which LORD your God gives to you for your tribes judge the people righteous judgment
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:18, so the Hebrew word שֹׁפְטִ֣ים (shoftim) 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 Deut.16.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.18.W1.S1) and character.