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title: שְׁפַטְיָה — Shephatiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁפַטְיָה (8203), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: Shephatiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁפַטְיָה

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«שְׁפַטְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shephatiah** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 8203 · **BDB:** שְׁפַטְיָה(וּ)

### Glosses

of.Shephatiah (7); Shephatiah (2); \[was\].Shephatiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shephatiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8203/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8203/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath judged, vindicated);—usually Σαφατια(ς): -יָה: fifth son of David 2 S 3:4 = 1 Ch 3:3 (Σαβατεια, A Σαφαθια, 𝔊L Σαφατιας). contemp. of Jerem. Je 38:1 (B Σαφανιας) man of Judah Ne 11:4. chiefs of families of restoration: (1) Ezr 2:4 = Ne 7:9; Ezr 8:8; (2) 2:57 = Ne 7:59. Benjamite 1 Ch 9:8. -יָהוּ: son of Jehosh. 2 Ch 21:2. hero of David 1 Ch 12:5. Simeonite 27:16.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁפַטְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8203/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.4/)

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בְּנֵ֣י שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Shephatiah three hundred(s) seventy and two

*JPS 1917:* The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

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[Nehemiah 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.9/)

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בְּנֵ֣י שְׁפַטְיָ֔ה שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Shephatiah three hundred(s) seventy and two

*JPS 1917:* The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

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