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title: שָׁפָט — Shaphat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁפָט (8202), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Shaphat. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁפָט

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«שָׁפָט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shaphat** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 8202 · **BDB:** שָׁפָט

### Glosses

Shaphat (4); of.Shaphat (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shaphat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8202/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8202/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (he hath judged);—usually Σαφατ\[θ\]: father of Elisha 1 K 19:16, 19; 2 K 3:11; 6:31. prince of Simeon Nu 13:5. grandson of Zerub. 1 Ch 3:22. Gaddite chief 5:12 (Σαβατ, Σαφαμ \[ν\]). herdsman of David 27:29 (Σωφαν, A Σωφατ, 𝔊L Σαφατ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁפָט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8202/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 13:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.5/)

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לְמַטֵּ֣ה שִׁמְע֔וֹן שָׁפָ֖ט בֶּן־חוֹרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* for the.tribe of.Simeon Shaphat the.son of.Hori

*JPS 1917:* Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

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[1 Chronicles 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.12/)

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יוֹאֵ֣ל הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְשָׁפָ֖ם הַמִּשְׁנֶ֑ה וְיַעְנַ֥י וְשָׁפָ֖ט בַּבָּשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* Joel the chief and Shapham the second and Janai and Shaphat \[were\].in (the) Bashan

*JPS 1917:* Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan;

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