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# שְׁפוֹט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8196

**judgment** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

judgment [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8196/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁפוֹט: n.m. judgment, act of judgment [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8196/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. si vera l. judgment, act of judgment;—abs. שׁ׳ 2 Ch 20:9 (so 𝔊 𝔖, but dub.); pl. שְׁפוּטִים Ez 23:10 (Toy שְׁפָטִים, Co del.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: judgment (1); judgments (1).

## In the verses

[Ezekiel 23:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.10/#tree)

הֵמָּה֮ גִּלּ֣וּ עֶרְוָתָהּ֒ בָּנֶ֤יהָ וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ לָקָ֔חוּ וְאוֹתָ֖הּ בַּחֶ֣רֶב הָרָ֑גוּ וַתְּהִי־שֵׁם֙ לַנָּשִׁ֔ים וּשְׁפוּטִ֖ים עָ֥שׂוּ בָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* they they.uncovered nakedness her sons her and daughters her they.took and her with the sword they.killed and she.became a.name to (the) women and judgments they.brought.about on her

*JPS 1917:* These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, for judgments were executed upon her.

[2 Chronicles 20:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.9/#tree)

אִם־תָּב֨וֹא עָלֵ֜ינוּ רָעָ֗ה חֶרֶב֮ שְׁפוֹט֮ וְדֶ֣בֶר וְרָעָב֒ נַֽעַמְדָ֞ה לִפְנֵ֨יהַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ כִּ֥י שִׁמְךָ֖ בַּבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֑ה וְנִזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

*Word for word:* if it.will.come on us calamity sword judgment and pestilence and famine we.will.stand before the house (the) this and before face you (dm) name your \[is\].in the house (the) this and we.will.cry.out to you from distress our and you.will.hear and you.will.save

*JPS 1917:* If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before Thee — for Thy name is in this house — and cry unto Thee in our affliction, and Thou wilt hear and save.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8196.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8196/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).