{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8199",
  "lemma": "שָׁפַט",
  "transliteration": "shâphaṭ",
  "definition": "to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or…",
  "kjv": "[phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a)…",
  "occurrences": 203,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׁפַט 185 vb. judge, govern",
    "Qal",
    "1. act as law-giver, judge, governor",
    "2. specif. decide controversy, discriminate betw. persons, in civil, political, domestic and religious questions",
    "3. execute judgment",
    "Niph.",
    "1. recipr., enter into controversy, plead",
    "2. pass. be judged",
    "Pô‛el = my opponent-at-law"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 16:5",
      "text": "Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:25",
      "text": "May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:9",
      "text": "They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:53",
      "text": "The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=53"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 2:14",
      "text": "He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 5:21",
      "text": "They said to them, “May the LORD look at you and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:13",
      "text": "On the next day, Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:16",
      "text": "When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:22",
      "text": "Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:26",
      "text": "They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard cases to Moses, but every small matter they judged…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=26"
    }
  ],
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