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title: שְׁפוֹט — judgment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁפוֹט (8196), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: judgment. BDB 1906: n.m. judgment, act of judgment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁפוֹט

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«שְׁפוֹט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **judgment** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 8196 · **BDB:** שְׁפוֹט

### Glosses

judgment (1); judgments (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁפוֹט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8196/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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