מִשְׁפָּטֽ/וֹ
𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈/𐤅
mishepato
his judgment
from שָׁפַט; 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; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] 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, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
H4941
Proverbs 16:33 · Word #7
Lexicon H4941
| Lemma | מִשְׁפָּט |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤈 |
| Transliteration | mishpâṭ |
| Strong's | H4941 |
| In-context | his judgment |
Morphology HNcmsc/Sp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H4941-32
his judicial ruling
| Root | שׁפט (š-p-ṭ) |
| Core Meanings | to judge, decide, govern, pronounce sentence, administer justice |
| Semantic Range | judgment, legal decision, verdict, ordinance, justice, legal claim, customary right, procedure, governing principle |
| Conceptual Significance | מִשְׁפָּט expresses the concrete act and standard of justice in Israel’s covenant life—whether human judicial rulings or YHWH’s own decrees. It embodies the ordering of society according to divine standards, linking governance, righteousness, and covenant faithfulness. |
| Morphological Notes | Masculine singular noun (מִשְׁפָּט) in construct form with 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix (-וֹ), yielding "his …"; from the verbal root שׁפט (Qal: to judge, govern). |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun מִשְׁפָּט derives from the root שׁפט, "to judge" or "to decide." As a masculine singular noun in construct with a 3rd masculine singular suffix ("-וֹ"), it denotes a specific decision or act of judgment belonging to him—hence "his judicial ruling," preserving both the judicial sense of the root and the possessive morphology. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root שׁפט (to judge, decide, govern, pronounce sentence, administer justice)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H4941-03 |
bemishepatay | in my justice-rulings |
H4941-05 |
hamishepat | the judicial-verdict |
H4941-06 |
hamishepatim | the judicial verdicts |
H4941-07 |
kamishepat | according to the judgment-decree |
H4941-08 |
kamishepatim | according to the judicial verdicts |
H8199-09 |
kehishafet | as being judged |
H4941-09 |
kemishepat | according to the justice-judgment |
H4941-10 |
kemishepatam | according to their judgment-ordinance |
H4941-14 |
khemishepatam | according to their judgment |
H4941-16 |
lemishepat | for a judicial verdict |
H4941-20 |
mimishepateykha | from your justice-verdicts |
H4941-21 |
mishepat | judgment |
H4941-22 |
mishepata | their judgment |
H4941-23 |
mishepatah | her judicial ruling |
H4941-24 |
mishepatam | their judgment |
H4941-26 |
mishepatayikhe | your justice-rulings |
H4941-27 |
mishepatayv | his judicial verdicts |
H4941-28 |
mishepatekha | your judicial-decree |
H4941-29 |
mishepateykha | your justice-verdicts |
H4941-31 |
mishepatim | judicial decisions |
H8202-01 |
shafat | he had rendered judgment |
H8199-24 |
shefat | Pronounce judgment! |
H8203-01 |
shefateyah | Yah Has Judged |
H8199-30 |
shefotu | Render judgment, you men! |
H8199-37 |
shofeteyha | her judging rulers |
H8199-38 |
shofeteyhem | their judging-rulers |
H8614-01 |
tifetaye | the judicial-adjudicators |
H8199-42 |
tishepat | you will render judgment |
H8199-43 |
tishepetu | you men judge |
H4941-37 |
ukhemishepato | and according to his judgment-decree |
H4941-39 |
ukhemishepeteyhen | and according to their judgments |
H4941-41 |
ulemishepatim | and to judicial-verdicts |
H8199-46 |
uleshofetim | and for judging-ones |
H4941-42 |
umimishepat | and from a judicial verdict |
H4941-44 |
umishepat | and judgment |
H4941-46 |
umishepatayv | and his judicial verdicts |
H4941-48 |
umishepateykha | and your justice-decisions |
H4941-50 |
umishepatim | and judgments |
H4941-51 |
umishepetey | and the justice-verdicts of |
H8203-02 |
ushefateyahu | and Yah Has Judged |
H4941-52 |
uvemishepat | and in judicial verdict |
H4941-54 |
uvemishepateykha | and in your justice-rulings |
H4941-55 |
uvemishepeteyhem | and in their justice-decisions |
H4941-56 |
vehamishepatim | and the judicial-verdicts |
H4941-58 |
vemishepatay | in my judgments |
H8199-67 |
veshofetim | and judging ones |
H3092-02 |
veyhoshafat | and Yahweh-has-judged |
H8199-68 |
veyishepeteni | and he will judge me |
H3092-03 |
vihoshafat | and YHWH-has-judged |
H3092-04 |
yehoshafat | YHWH-has-judged |
H8199-72 |
yishepat | he will render judgment |
H8199-74 |
yishepetuhu | they shall render-judgment upon him |
Word Usage (424 occurrences of H4941)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 18:19 | וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט | umishepat | and justice |
| Genesis 18:25 | מִשְׁפָּֽט | mishepat | justice |
| Genesis 40:13 | כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּט֙ | kamishepat | according to the custom |