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שָׁפַט

H8199

Transliteration: shâphaṭ

Pronunciation: shaw-fat'

Definition: avenge

Original: שׁפט

Transliteration: shâphaṭ

Phonetic: shaw-fat'

BDB Definition:

to judge, govern, vindicate, punish
1. (Qal)
  1. to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)
    1. to rule, govern, judge
  2. to decide controversy (of God, man)
  3. to execute judgment
    1. discriminating (of man)
    2. vindicating
    3. condemning and punishing
    4. at theophanic advent for final judgment
2. (Niphal)
  1. to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together
  2. to be judged
3. (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2443

Part(s) of speech: Verb

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