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title: שְׁפַט — judge · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁפַט (lemma:שְׁפַט), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: judge. BDB 1906: vb. judge. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁפַט

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«שְׁפַט» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **judge** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁפַט · **BDB:** שְׁפַט

### Glosses

judges (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

judge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b7_5d8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. judge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b7_5d8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. judge (BH שָׁפַט);— Pt. as n.pl. abs. שָֽׁפְטִין Ezr 7:25 judges.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁפַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b7_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.25/)

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וְאַ֣נְתְּ עֶזְרָ֗א כְּחָכְמַ֨ת אֱלָהָ֤ךְ דִּֽי־בִידָךְ֙ מֶ֣נִּי שָׁפְטִ֞ין וְדַיָּנִ֗ין דִּי־לֶהֱוֺ֤ן דָּאיְנִין֙ לְכָל־עַמָּה֙ דִּ֚י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔ה לְכָל־יָדְעֵ֖י דָּתֵ֣י אֱלָהָ֑ךְ וְדִ֧י לָ֦א יָדַ֖ע תְּהוֹדְעֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and you O.Ezra according to.the.wisdom of your.God which \[is\].in hand your appoint judges and judges that they.will.be judging (et) all the people which \[is\].in the.region.beyond the river (et) all \[those.who\].know (of).the.laws of your.God and.\[one\] who not \[he.is\].knowing you.will.instruct

*JPS 1917:* And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.

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