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H4941 מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ) mish-pawt'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 8199; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

KJV Usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) — justice: judgement. : judgement/punishment 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) — justice. : justice/right/righteousness 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) — justice: rule. : rule/prescription 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) — justice: custom. : custom/manner 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) — (Hall of) Judgment.

Combined with u.lam (אוּלָם "Hall" H0197H) This name means judgment, sentence

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · שׁפט · עֵין מִשְׁפָּט

Conflict | ≈ דִּין · רִיב

case, cause = a situation where one party has a dispute with another party, and is looking for a legal ruling in which they receive what they consider to be rightfully theirs

EXO 23:6 · NUM 27:5 · DEU 10:18 · DEU 16:19 · DEU 24:17 · DEU 27:19 · 1SA 8:3 · 2SA 15:4 · 1KI 8:45 · 1KI 8:49 · 1KI 8:59 · 1KI 8:59 · 2CH 6:35 · 2CH 6:39 · JOB 13:18 · JOB 23:4 · JOB 27:2 · JOB 31:13 · JOB 34:5 · JOB 36:6 · JOB 36:17 · JOB 40:8 · PSA 9:5 · PSA 35:23 · PSA 140:13 · ISA 10:2 · ISA 32:7 · ISA 40:27 · ISA 49:4 · ISA 50:8 · JER 5:28 · JER 12:1 · LAM 3:35 · LAM 3:59 · MIC 7:9

Judge | ≈ שׁפט

judgement, trial, lawsuit, verdict, sentence = event where a dispute between two parties is settled by a human or divine judge

EXO 28:15 · EXO 28:29 · EXO 28:30 · EXO 28:30 · LEV 19:15 · LEV 19:35 · NUM 27:21 · NUM 35:12 · DEU 1:17 · DEU 1:17 · DEU 16:18 · DEU 17:8 · DEU 17:9 · DEU 17:11 · DEU 19:6 · DEU 21:22 · DEU 25:1 · JOS 20:6 · JDG 4:5 · 2SA 15:2 · 2SA 15:6 · 1KI 3:28 · 1KI 7:7 · 1KI 20:40 · 2KI 25:6 · 2CH 19:6 · 2CH 19:8 · JOB 9:19 · JOB 9:32 · JOB 14:3 · JOB 22:4 · JOB 34:6 · JOB 34:23 · PSA 1:5 · PSA 7:7 · PSA 9:8 · PSA 17:2 · PSA 76:10 · PSA 122:5 · PSA 143:2 · PSA 149:9 · PRO 16:10 · PRO 16:33 · PRO 18:5 · PRO 24:23 · PRO 29:26 · ECC 11:9 · ECC 12:14 · ISA 3:14 · ISA 28:6 · ISA 41:1 · ISA 53:8 · ISA 54:17 · JER 1:16 · JER 4:12 · JER 26:11 · JER 26:16 · JER 39:5 · JER 52:9 · EZK 7:23 · EZK 7:27 · EZK 16:38 · EZK 23:45 · EZK 23:45 · EZK 44:24 · EZK 44:24 · ZEP 3:8 · ZEC 7:9 · ZEC 8:16 · MAL 3:5

Chastise | ≈ יכח · נָקָם · שׂים יָד · שׁלם

judgement literally: judgement; hence: = action by which humans or deities carry out a verdict pronounced against an individual or group

DEU 32:41 · PSA 119:84 · ISA 4:4 · ISA 34:5 · JER 48:21 · JER 48:47 · JER 51:9 · EZK 5:8 · EZK 23:24 · EZK 23:24 · EZK 39:21 · HOS 5:1 · HOS 5:11 · HOS 6:5 · HAB 1:12 · ZEP 3:15

Extraordinary | ≈ מֹופֵת · פלא

judgement literally: judgement; hence: = an extraordinary act of intervention by a deity, as a direct consequence of a verdict

1CH 16:12 · 1CH 16:14 · PSA 48:12 · PSA 97:8 · PSA 105:5 · PSA 105:7 · ISA 26:9

Laws | ≈ אִמְרָה · דָּבָר · חֹק · חֻקָּה · מִצְוָה · מִשְׁמֶרֶת · עֵדָה · פִּקּוּדִים · תֹּורָה

law, rules literally: judgement; hence: = a law or ordinance handed down by a ruler or a deity that a particular group of people is expected to obey

EXO 15:25 · EXO 21:1 · EXO 21:31 · EXO 24:3 · LEV 5:10 · LEV 9:16 · LEV 18:4 · LEV 18:5 · LEV 18:26 · LEV 19:37 · LEV 20:22 · LEV 24:22 · LEV 25:18 · LEV 26:15 · LEV 26:43 · LEV 26:46 · NUM 9:3 · NUM 9:14 · NUM 15:16 · NUM 15:24 · NUM 27:11 · NUM 29:6 · NUM 29:18 · NUM 29:21 · NUM 29:24 · NUM 29:27 · NUM 29:30 · NUM 29:33 · NUM 29:37 · NUM 35:24 · NUM 35:29 · NUM 36:13 · DEU 4:1 · DEU 4:5 · DEU 4:8 · DEU 4:14 · DEU 4:45 · DEU 5:1 · DEU 5:31 · DEU 6:1 · DEU 6:20 · DEU 7:11 · DEU 7:12 · DEU 8:11 · DEU 11:1 · DEU 11:32 · DEU 12:1 · DEU 26:16 · DEU 26:17 · DEU 30:16 · DEU 33:10 · DEU 33:21 · JOS 24:25 · 1SA 30:25 · 2SA 22:23 · 1KI 2:3 · 1KI 6:12 · 1KI 8:58 · 1KI 9:4 · 1KI 11:33 · 2KI 17:26 · 2KI 17:26 · 2KI 17:27 · 2KI 17:34 · 2KI 17:37 · 1CH 6:17 · 1CH 15:13 · 1CH 22:13 · 1CH 23:31 · 1CH 24:19 · 1CH 28:7 · 2CH 4:7 · 2CH 4:20 · 2CH 7:17 · 2CH 8:14 · 2CH 19:10 · 2CH 30:16 · 2CH 33:8 · 2CH 35:13 · EZR 3:4 · EZR 7:10 · NEH 1:7 · NEH 8:18 · NEH 9:13 · NEH 9:29 · NEH 10:30 · PSA 10:5 · PSA 18:23 · PSA 19:10 · PSA 81:5 · PSA 89:31 · PSA 119:7 · PSA 119:13 · PSA 119:20 · PSA 119:30 · PSA 119:39 · PSA 119:43 · PSA 119:52 · PSA 119:62 · PSA 119:75 · PSA 119:91 · PSA 119:102 · PSA 119:106 · PSA 119:108 · PSA 119:120 · PSA 119:137 · PSA 119:156 · PSA 119:160 · PSA 119:164 · PSA 119:175 · PSA 147:19 · PSA 147:20 · ISA 26:8 · JER 8:7 · EZK 5:6 · EZK 5:6 · EZK 5:7 · EZK 5:7 · EZK 11:12 · EZK 11:12 · EZK 11:20 · EZK 18:9 · EZK 18:17 · EZK 20:11 · EZK 20:13 · EZK 20:16 · EZK 20:18 · EZK 20:19 · EZK 20:21 · EZK 20:24 · EZK 20:25 · EZK 36:27 · EZK 37:24 · DAN 9:5 · MAL 3:22

Right | ≈ אֱמוּנָה · אֱמֶת · חֶסֶד · טֹוב · יטב · מֵישָׁרִים · צֶדֶק · צְדָקָה · רַחֲמִים | ≠ לַעֲנָה · מִרְמָה · עָוֶל · רֹאשׁ · רֶשַׁע

justice, what is just = practices that conform to the laws of God

GEN 18:19 · GEN 18:25 · DEU 32:4 · 2SA 8:15 · 1KI 3:11 · 1KI 3:28 · 1KI 10:9 · 1CH 18:14 · 2CH 9:8 · JOB 8:3 · JOB 19:7 · JOB 29:14 · JOB 32:9 · JOB 34:4 · JOB 34:12 · JOB 34:17 · JOB 35:2 · JOB 37:23 · PSA 9:17 · PSA 25:9 · PSA 33:5 · PSA 36:7 · PSA 37:6 · PSA 37:28 · PSA 37:30 · PSA 72:1 · PSA 72:2 · PSA 89:15 · PSA 94:15 · PSA 97:2 · PSA 99:4 · PSA 99:4 · PSA 101:1 · PSA 103:6 · PSA 106:3 · PSA 111:7 · PSA 112:5 · PSA 119:121 · PSA 119:149 · PSA 146:7 · PRO 1:3 · PRO 2:8 · PRO 2:9 · PRO 8:20 · PRO 12:5 · PRO 13:23 · PRO 16:8 · PRO 16:11 · PRO 17:23 · PRO 19:28 · PRO 21:3 · PRO 21:7 · PRO 21:15 · PRO 28:5 · PRO 29:4 · ECC 3:16 · ECC 5:7 · ISA 1:17 · ISA 1:21 · ISA 1:27 · ISA 5:7 · ISA 5:16 · ISA 9:6 · ISA 16:5 · ISA 28:6 · ISA 28:17 · ISA 28:26 · ISA 30:18 · ISA 32:1 · ISA 32:16 · ISA 33:5 · ISA 40:14 · ISA 42:1 · ISA 42:3 · ISA 42:4 · ISA 51:4 · ISA 56:1 · ISA 58:2 · ISA 58:2 · ISA 59:8 · ISA 59:9 · ISA 59:11 · ISA 59:14 · ISA 59:15 · ISA 61:8 · JER 4:2 · JER 5:1 · JER 5:4 · JER 5:5 · JER 7:5 · JER 9:23 · JER 10:24 · JER 17:11 · JER 21:12 · JER 22:3 · JER 22:13 · JER 22:15 · JER 23:5 · JER 30:11 · JER 33:15 · JER 46:28 · EZK 18:5 · EZK 18:8 · EZK 18:19 · EZK 18:21 · EZK 18:27 · EZK 22:29 · EZK 33:14 · EZK 33:16 · EZK 33:19 · EZK 34:16 · EZK 45:9 · HOS 2:21 · HOS 10:4 · HOS 12:7 · AMO 5:7 · AMO 5:15 · AMO 5:24 · AMO 6:12 · MIC 3:1 · MIC 3:8 · MIC 3:9 · MIC 6:8 · HAB 1:4 · HAB 1:4 · HAB 1:7 · ZEP 2:3 · ZEP 3:5 · MAL 2:17

Right

right, privilege = state in which humans are morally or legally entitled to participate in a certain event

JER 32:7 · JER 32:8 · JER 49:12 · EZK 21:32

Design

plan, schema, specification = set of detailed instructions regarding a construction that is to be built

EXO 26:30 · 1KI 6:38 · EZK 42:11

Objects

right, what is due, what is deserved = things that certain people are entitled to receive

DEU 18:3 · DEU 21:17

Happen | ≈ חֵפֶץ

custom, practice = a standard or agreed-upon behavior or practice, as characteristic of a particular individual, group or community

GEN 40:13 · EXO 21:9 · JOS 6:15 · JDG 13:12 · JDG 18:7 · 1SA 2:13 · 1SA 8:9 · 1SA 8:11 · 1SA 10:25 · 1SA 27:11 · 1KI 18:28 · 2KI 1:7 · 2KI 11:14 · 2KI 17:33 · 2KI 17:34 · 2KI 17:40 · PSA 119:132 · ECC 8:5 · ECC 8:6

Space

rightful site = a standard or agreed-upon location for a building

1KI 5:8 · JER 30:18

1 JOB 34:6 NJPS "judgement" REB "case" | RSV NRSV NIV ESV "my right" 2 EZK 44:24 MT-K לשׁפט | MT-Q לְמִשְׁפָּט 3 1KI 6:38 · 2SA 22:23 MT-K משׁפטו | MT-Q מִשְׁפָּטָיו

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁפָּט 422 n.m. judgment judgment

justice, right, rectitude

ordinance

decision

one's (legal) right, privilege, due

proper, fitting, measure

custom, manner

what manner of

plan

base

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