Deuteronomy 16:18:11Deut.16.18.W11PAT
וְשָׁפְט֥וּ
veshaftu
“judge”
- Transliteration
- ve-shaf-TU
- Extended
- veh-shahf-TOO
- IPA
- /vəʃafˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- judge
- French
- jugent
- Spanish
- juzgan
- Portuguese
- julgam
- German
- richten
- Russian
- судят
- Arabic-Simplified
- يحكمون
- Hindi
- न्याय करेंगे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 审判
- Korean
- 심판한다
- Indonesian
- menghakimi
- Bengali
- বিচার করবে
- Tagalog
- huhusga
- Swahili
- wahukumu
- Amharic
- ይፈርዱ
- Yoruba
- ṣe idajọ
- Igbo
- kpee
- Twi
- bu atɛn
- Ewe
- bu
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shaf-TU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM
- clause
ve-shaf-TU et-ha-AM mish-PAT-TSE-dek
- 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 16:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁפְט֥וּ (veshaftu) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.18.W11.S1) and character.