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| − | * ''Judgments.'' The Hebrew word ''mishpat'' can [http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=04941&version=kjv mean] "judgment, justice, or ordinance. In English, these meanings seem quite dissimilar at first blush. Judgment and justice come from the [http://www.bartleby.com/61/IEroots.html Indo-European root] [http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE76.html ''deik-''] which means to show or pronounce solemnly. Ordinance on the other hand comes from [http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE22.html ''ar-''] meaning to fit together (as in establishing order). Two more similar English words from these same two roots are, respectively, ''dictum'' and ''ordinance''—both are pronouncements made for the purpose of establishing order. | + | * ''Judgments.'' The Hebrew word ''mishpat'' can [http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=04941&version=kjv mean] "judgment, justice, or ordinance." In English, these meanings seem quite dissimilar at first blush. Judgment and justice come from the [http://www.bartleby.com/61/IEroots.html Indo-European root] [http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE76.html ''deik-''] which means to show or pronounce solemnly. Ordinance on the other hand comes from [http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE22.html ''ar-''] meaning to fit together (as in establishing order). Two more similar English words from these same two roots are, respectively, ''dictum'' and ''ordinance''—both are pronouncements made for the purpose of establishing order. |
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- Judgments. The Hebrew word mishpat can mean "judgment, justice, or ordinance." In English, these meanings seem quite dissimilar at first blush. Judgment and justice come from the Indo-European root deik- which means to show or pronounce solemnly. Ordinance on the other hand comes from ar- meaning to fit together (as in establishing order). Two more similar English words from these same two roots are, respectively, dictum and ordinance—both are pronouncements made for the purpose of establishing order.
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