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shaw-fat'

"shâpha?"

שָׁפַט

1) to judge, govern, vindicate, punish
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)
1a1a) to rule, govern, judge
1a2) to decide controversy (of God, man)
1a3) to execute judgment
1a3a) discriminating (of man)
1a3b) vindicating
1a3c) condemning and punishing
1a3d) at theophanic advent for final judgment
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together
1b2) to be judged
1c) (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)

a primitive root;

LORD raised up judges which delivered them

hearken unto their judges but they went

raised them up judges then the LORD

was with the judge and delivered them

days of the judge for it repented

pass when the judge was dead that

him and he judged Israel and went

of Lapidoth she judged Israel at that

And he judged Israel twenty and