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title: שֶׁפֶט — judgment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁפֶט (8201), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: judgment. BDB 1906: n.m. judgment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁפֶט

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«שֶׁפֶט» 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 8201 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫פֶט

### Glosses

judgments (11); acts.of.judgment (4); judgment(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8201/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8201/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 6:6 judgment;—pl. שְׁפָטִים Ex 6:6 +, sf. שְׁפָטַי Ez 14:21;—acts of judgment (cf. משׁפטים), בשׁפטים גדלים by great acts of judgment Ex 6:6; 7:4 (P); c. בְּ, עשׂה שׁפטים 12:12; Nu 33:4 (P), Ez 5:10, 15; 11:9; 16:41; 25:11; 28:22, 26; 30:14, 19 (all of God); men Ez 16:41; c. את, 2 Ch 24:24 (Syrians against Joash); שׁפטים of God (four: sword, famine, wild beasts, pestilence) Ez 14:21; נכונו שׁ׳ ללצים Pr 19:29 judgments are prepared for scorners (𝔊 שְׁבָטִים rods, so PerlesAnal. 69 \[or שׁוֹטִים\], Toy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 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 «שֶׁפֶט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8201/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.29/)

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נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.prepared for (the) mockers judgments and beatings for.\[the\] back of.fools

*JPS 1917:* Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

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[Ezekiel 25:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.25.11/)

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וּבְמוֹאָ֖ב אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה שְׁפָטִ֑ים וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and on Moab I.will.bring.about judgments and they.will.know (dm).that I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* and I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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