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Judges 10:2

“And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁפַטshâphaṭ · shaw-fat'
H8199 · Hebrew
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 figuratively)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
[phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּשְׁפֹּט֙ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage
Occurs 204 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 16:5Genesis 18:25Genesis 19:9Genesis 19:9Genesis 31:53

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.