שְׁפָט — Proverbs 31:9 Hebrew Word Study

שְׁפָט

𐤔𐤐𐤈

shefat

judge

a primitive root; 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); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.

H8199

Proverbs 31:9 · Word #3

Lexicon `H8199`

Lemma	שָׁפַט
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤔𐤐𐤈
Transliteration	shâphaṭ
Strong's	H8199
In-context	judge

Morphology `HVqv2ms` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`V` — Verb — An action or state
Binyan	`q` — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation	`v` — Imperative — A command
Person	`2` — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 `H8199-24`

Pronounce judgment!

Root	שׁפט (š-p-ṭ)
Core Meanings	judging, deciding, governing, vindicating, executing justice
Semantic Range	to judge, decide a case, vindicate, condemn, punish, govern, act as ruler, execute justice
Conceptual Significance	שׁפט expresses the central biblical concept of justice administered by leaders and ultimately by YHWH. It encompasses both legal decision-making and righteous governance, reflecting covenantal order and divine authority in Israel’s communal life.
Morphological Notes	Qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular (HVqv2ms). A direct command addressed to a single male individual.
Rendering Rationale	The form is Qal imperative, second masculine singular, giving a direct command to one male addressee. "Pronounce judgment" preserves the core judicial sense of שׁפט as the act of rendering a decision or executing justice, rather than merely forming an opinion.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שׁפט (judging, deciding, governing, vindicating, executing 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
`H4941-32`	mishepato	his judicial ruling
`H8202-01`	shafat	he had rendered 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
`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
`H8199-68`	veyishepeteni	and he will judge me
`H3092-02`	vihoshafat	and YHWH-has-judged
`H3092-03`	yehoshafat	YHWH-has-judged
`H8199-72`	yishepat	he will render judgment
`H8199-74`	yishepetuhu	they shall render-judgment upon him

Word Usage (204 occurrences of H8199)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 16:5	יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט	yishepot	judge
Genesis 18:25	הֲ/שֹׁפֵט֙	hashofet	the Judge
Genesis 19:9	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט	vayishepot	and he judges / and he would judge
Genesis 19:9	שָׁפ֔וֹט	shafot	judging
Genesis 31:53	יִשְׁפְּט֣וּ	yishepetu	judge
Exodus 2:14	וְ/שֹׁפֵט֙	veshofet	and a judge
Exodus 5:21	וְ/יִשְׁפֹּ֑ט	veyishepot	and judge
Exodus 18:13	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֣ט	lishepot	to judge
Exodus 18:16	וְ/שָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י	veshafateti	and I judge
Exodus 18:22	וְ/שָׁפְט֣וּ	veshafetu	and they shall judge
Exodus 18:22	יִשְׁפְּטוּ	yishepetu	they shall judge
Exodus 18:26	וְ/שָׁפְט֥וּ	veshafetu	and they judged
Exodus 18:26	יִשְׁפּוּט֥וּ	yisheputu	they judged
Leviticus 19:15	תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט	tishepot	you-shall-judge
Numbers 25:5	שֹׁפְטֵ֖י	shofetey	judges
Numbers 35:24	וְ/שָֽׁפְטוּ֙	veshafetu	and they shall judge
Deuteronomy 1:16	שֹׁ֣פְטֵי/כֶ֔ם	shofeteykhem	judges
Deuteronomy 1:16	וּ/שְׁפַטְתֶּ֣ם	ushefatetem	and judge
Deuteronomy 16:18	שֹׁפְטִ֣ים	shofetim	judges
Deuteronomy 16:18	וְ/שָׁפְט֥וּ	veshafetu	and-they-shall-judge
Deuteronomy 17:9	הַ/שֹּׁפֵ֔ט	hashofet	the judge
Deuteronomy 17:12	הַ/שֹּׁפֵ֑ט	hashofet	the judge
Deuteronomy 19:17	וְ/הַ/שֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים	vehashofetim	and the judges
Deuteronomy 19:18	הַ/שֹּׁפְטִ֖ים	hashofetim	the judges
Deuteronomy 21:2	וְ/שֹׁפְטֶ֑י/ךָ	veshofeteykha	and your judges
Deuteronomy 25:1	וּ/שְׁפָט֑וּ/ם	ushefatum	and they judge them
Deuteronomy 25:2	הַ/שֹּׁפֵט֙	hashofet	the judge
Joshua 8:33	וְ/שֹׁפְטָ֡י/ו	veshofetayv	and its judges
Joshua 23:2	וּ/לְ/שֹׁפְטָ֖י/ו	uleshofetayv	and its judges
Joshua 24:1	וּ/לְ/שֹֽׁפְטָי/ו֙	uleshofetayv	and for his judges
Judges 2:16	שֹֽׁפְטִ֑ים	shofetim	judges
Judges 2:17	שֹֽׁפְטֵי/הֶם֙	shofeteyhem	their judges
Judges 2:18	שֹֽׁפְטִים֒	shofetim	judges
Judges 2:18	הַ/שֹּׁפֵ֔ט	hashofet	the-judge
Judges 2:18	הַ/שּׁוֹפֵ֑ט	hashofet-2	of-the-judge
Judges 2:19	הַ/שּׁוֹפֵ֗ט	hashofet	the judge
Judges 3:10	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט	vayishepot	and he judged
Judges 4:4	שֹׁפְטָ֥ה	shofetah	was judging
Judges 10:2	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּט֙	vayishepot	and he judged
Judges 10:3	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּט֙	vayishepot	and he judged
Judges 11:27	יִשְׁפֹּ֨ט	yishepot	let judge
Judges 11:27	הַ/שֹּׁפֵט֙	hashofet	the Judge
Judges 12:7	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט	vayishepot	judged
Judges 12:8	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט	vayishepot	judged
Judges 12:9	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט	vayishepot	and he judged
Judges 12:11	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט	vayishepot	and judged
Judges 12:11	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט	vayishepot-2	and he judged
Judges 12:13	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט	vayishepot	judged
Judges 12:14	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט	vayishepot	And he judged
Judges 15:20	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט	vayishepot	And he judged
Judges 16:31	שָׁפַ֥ט	shafat	had judged
1 Samuel 3:13	שֹׁפֵ֥ט	shofet	judging
1 Samuel 4:18	שָׁפַ֥ט	shafat	had judged
1 Samuel 7:6	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט	vayishepot	and judged
1 Samuel 7:15	וַ/יִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט	vayishepot	And judged
1 Samuel 7:16	וְ/שָׁפַט֙	veshafat	and he judged
1 Samuel 7:17	שָׁפָ֣ט	shafat	he judged
1 Samuel 8:1	שֹׁפְטִ֖ים	shofetim	judges
1 Samuel 8:2	שֹׁפְטִ֖ים	shofetim	judges
1 Samuel 8:5	לְ/שָׁפְטֵ֖/נוּ	leshafetenu	to judge us
1 Samuel 8:6	לְ/שָׁפְטֵ֑/נוּ	leshafetenu	to judge us
1 Samuel 8:20	וּ/שְׁפָטָ֤/נוּ	ushefatanu	and may judge us
1 Samuel 12:7	וְ/אִשָּׁפְטָ֥ה	veishafetah	that I may plead
1 Samuel 24:13	יִשְׁפֹּ֤ט	yishepot	will-judge
1 Samuel 24:16	וְ/שָׁפַ֖ט	veshafat	and judge
1 Samuel 24:16	וְ/יִשְׁפְּטֵ֖/נִי	veyishepeteni	and vindicate me
2 Samuel 7:11	שֹֽׁפְטִים֙	shofetim	judges
2 Samuel 15:4	שֹׁפֵ֖ט	shofet	judge
2 Samuel 18:19	שְׁפָט֥/וֹ	shefato	has avenged him
2 Samuel 18:31	שְׁפָטְ/ךָ֤	shefatekha	has judged you
1 Kings 3:9	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֣ט	lishepot	to judge
1 Kings 3:9	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֔ט	lishepot-2	to judge
1 Kings 3:28	שָׁפַ֣ט	shafat	had judged
1 Kings 7:7	יִשְׁפָּט	yishepat	he-would-judge
1 Kings 8:32	וְ/שָׁפַטְתָּ֣	veshafateta	and-judge
2 Kings 15:5	שֹׁפֵ֖ט	shofet	judging
2 Kings 23:22	הַ/שֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים	hashofetim	the judges
2 Kings 23:22	שָׁפְט֖וּ	shafetu	judged
Isaiah 1:17	שִׁפְט֣וּ	shifetu	Judge
Isaiah 1:23	יִשְׁפֹּ֔טוּ	yishepotu	they judge
Isaiah 1:26	שֹׁפְטַ֨יִ/ךְ֙	shofetayikhe	your-judges
Isaiah 2:4	וְ/שָׁפַט֙	veshafat	and-he-will-judge
Isaiah 3:2	שׁוֹפֵ֥ט	shofet	judge
Isaiah 5:3	שִׁפְטוּ	shifetu	judge
Isaiah 11:3	יִשְׁפּ֔וֹט	yishepot	he-will-judge
Isaiah 11:4	וְ/שָׁפַ֤ט	veshafat	and-he-will-judge
Isaiah 16:5	שֹׁפֵ֛ט	shofet	judging
Isaiah 33:22	שֹׁפְטֵ֔/נוּ	shofetenu	is our judge
Isaiah 40:23	שֹׁ֥פְטֵי	shofetey	judges
Isaiah 43:26	נִשָּׁפְטָ֖ה	nishafetah	let us plead
Isaiah 51:5	יִשְׁפֹּ֑טוּ	yishepotu	shall judge
Isaiah 59:4	נִשְׁפָּ֖ט	nishepat	pleads
Isaiah 66:16	נִשְׁפָּ֔ט	nishepat	will execute judgment
Jeremiah 2:35	נִשְׁפָּ֣ט	nishepat	will-judge
Jeremiah 5:28	שָׁפָֽטוּ	shafatu	they judge
Jeremiah 11:20	שֹׁפֵ֣ט	shofet	who judges
Jeremiah 25:31	נִשְׁפָּ֥ט	nishepat	he is entering into judgment
Ezekiel 7:3	וּ/שְׁפַטְתִּ֖י/ךְ	ushefatetikhe	and I will judge you
Ezekiel 7:8	וּ/שְׁפַטְתִּ֖י/ךְ	ushefatetikhe	and judge you
Ezekiel 7:27	אֶשְׁפְּטֵ֔/ם	eshepetem	I will judge them
Ezekiel 11:10	אֶשְׁפּ֣וֹט	eshepot	I will judge
Ezekiel 11:11	אֶשְׁפֹּ֥ט	eshepot	I will judge
Ezekiel 16:38	וּ/שְׁפַטְתִּי/ךְ֙	ushefatetikhe	and I will judge you
Ezekiel 17:20	וְ/נִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤י	venishepateti	and-I-will-judge
Ezekiel 18:30	אֶשְׁפֹּ֤ט	eshepot	I will judge
Ezekiel 20:4	הֲ/תִשְׁפֹּ֣ט	hatishepot	will you judge
Ezekiel 20:4	הֲ/תִשְׁפּ֖וֹט	hatishepot-2	will you judge
Ezekiel 20:35	וְ/נִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֤י	venishepateti	and I will enter into judgment
Ezekiel 20:36	נִשְׁפַּ֨טְתִּי֙	nishepateti	I-judged
Ezekiel 20:36	אִשָּׁפֵ֣ט	ishafet	I-will-judge
Ezekiel 21:35	אֶשְׁפֹּ֥ט	eshepot	I will judge
Ezekiel 22:2	הֲ/תִשְׁפֹּ֥ט	hatishepot	will you judge
Ezekiel 22:2	הֲ/תִשְׁפֹּ֖ט	hatishepot-2	will you judge
Ezekiel 23:24	וּ/שְׁפָט֖וּ/ךְ	ushefatukhe	and-they-will-judge-you
Ezekiel 23:36	הֲ/תִשְׁפּ֥וֹט	hatishepot	will you judge
Ezekiel 23:45	יִשְׁפְּט֣וּ	yishepetu	will-judge
Ezekiel 24:14	שְׁפָט֔וּ/ךְ	shefatukhe	they will judge you
Ezekiel 33:20	אֶשְׁפּ֥וֹט	eshepot	I will judge
Ezekiel 34:17	שֹׁפֵט֙	shofet	am judging
Ezekiel 34:20	וְ/שָֽׁפַטְתִּי֙	veshafateti	will judge
Ezekiel 34:22	וְ/שָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י	veshafateti	and-I-will-judge
Ezekiel 35:11	אֶשְׁפְּטֶֽ/ךָ	eshepetekha	I judge you
Ezekiel 36:19	שְׁפַטְתִּֽי/ם	shefatetim	I-judged-them
Ezekiel 38:22	וְ/נִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֥י	venishepateti	and-I-will-judge
Ezekiel 44:24	ל/שפט	lshft	to judge
Ezekiel 44:24	ו/שפט/הו	vshfthv	and they shall judge it
Ezekiel 44:24	יִשְׁפְּט֑וּ/הוּ	yishepetuhu	they shall judge it
Hosea 7:7	שֹֽׁפְטֵי/הֶ֑ם	shofeteyhem	their judges
Hosea 13:10	וְ/שֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔י/ךָ	veshofeteykha	and your judges
Joel 4:2	וְ/נִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֨י	venishepateti	and-I-will-judge
Joel 4:12	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֥ט	lishepot	to judge
Amos 2:3	שׁוֹפֵ֖ט	shofet	judge
Obadiah 1:21	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֖ט	lishepot	to judge
Micah 3:11	יִשְׁפֹּ֗טוּ	yishepotu	judge
Micah 4:3	וְ/שָׁפַ֗ט	veshafat	and-he-will-judge
Micah 4:14	שֹׁפֵ֥ט	shofet	judge
Micah 7:3	וְ/הַ/שֹּׁפֵ֖ט	vehashofet	and the judge
Zephaniah 3:3	שֹׁפְטֶ֨י/הָ֙	shofeteyha	her judges
Zechariah 7:9	שְׁפֹ֔טוּ	shefotu	judge
Zechariah 8:16	שִׁפְט֖וּ	shifetu	judge
Psalms 2:10	שֹׁ֣פְטֵי	shofetey	O judges
Psalms 7:9	שָׁפְטֵ֥/נִי	shafeteni	judge me
Psalms 7:12	שׁוֹפֵ֣ט	shofet	judges
Psalms 9:5	שׁוֹפֵ֥ט	shofet	judging
Psalms 9:9	יִשְׁפֹּֽט	yishepot	will judge
Psalms 9:20	יִשָּׁפְט֥וּ	yishafetu	be judged
Psalms 10:18	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֥ט	lishepot	to judge
Psalms 26:1	שָׁפְטֵ֤/נִי	shafeteni	Judge me
Psalms 35:24	שָׁפְטֵ֣/נִי	shafeteni	Judge me
Psalms 37:33	בְּ/הִשָּׁפְטֽ/וֹ	behishafeto	when he is judged
Psalms 43:1	שָׁפְטֵ֤/נִי	shafeteni	Judge me
Psalms 50:6	שֹׁפֵ֖ט	shofet	is judge
Psalms 51:6	בְ/שָׁפְטֶֽ/ךָ	veshafetekha	in-judging-your
Psalms 58:2	תִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּ	tishepetu	you judge
Psalms 58:12	שֹׁפְטִ֥ים	shofetim	judging
Psalms 67:5	תִשְׁפֹּ֣ט	tishepot	you judge
Psalms 72:4	יִשְׁפֹּ֤ט	yishepot	He shall judge
Psalms 75:3	אֶשְׁפֹּֽט	eshepot	I will judge
Psalms 75:8	שֹׁפֵ֑ט	shofet	judges
Psalms 82:1	יִשְׁפֹּֽט	yishepot	He judges
Psalms 82:2	תִּשְׁפְּטוּ	tishepetu	judge
Psalms 82:3	שִׁפְטוּ	shifetu	Judge
Psalms 82:8	שָׁפְטָ֣/ה	shafetah	judge
Psalms 94:2	שֹׁפֵ֣ט	shofet	Judge
Psalms 96:13	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֪ט	lishepot	to judge
Psalms 96:13	יִשְׁפֹּֽט	yishepot	he will judge
Psalms 98:9	לִ/שְׁפֹּ֪ט	lishepot	to judge
Psalms 98:9	יִשְׁפֹּֽט	yishepot	he will judge
Psalms 109:7	בְּ֭/הִשָּׁ֣פְט/וֹ	behishafeto	when he is judged
Psalms 109:31	מִ/שֹּׁפְטֵ֥י	mishofetey	from those who judge
Psalms 141:6	שֹׁפְטֵי/הֶ֑ם	shofeteyhem	their judges
Psalms 148:11	שֹׁ֥פְטֵי	shofetey	judges of
Proverbs 8:16	שֹׁ֥פְטֵי	shofetey	judges
Proverbs 29:9	נִ֭שְׁפָּט	nishepat	is judged
Proverbs 29:14	שׁוֹפֵ֣ט	shofet	judges
Proverbs 31:9	שְׁפָט	shefat	judge
Job 9:15	לִ֝/מְשֹׁפְטִ֗/י	limeshofeti	to my judge
Job 9:24	שֹׁפְטֶ֥י/הָ	shofeteyha	of its judges
Job 12:17	וְֽ/שֹׁפְטִ֥ים	veshofetim	and judges
Job 21:22	יִשְׁפּֽוֹט	yishepot	judges
Job 22:13	יִשְׁפּֽוֹט	yishepot	judge
Job 23:7	מִ/שֹּׁפְטִֽ/י	mishofeti	from my Judge
Ruth 1:1	שְׁפֹ֣ט	shefot	judging
Ruth 1:1	הַ/שֹּׁפְטִ֔ים	hashofetim	the judges
Lamentations 3:59	שָׁפְטָ֖/ה	shafetah	judge
Ecclesiastes 3:17	יִשְׁפֹּ֖ט	yishepot
Daniel 9:12	שֹֽׁפְטֵ֨י/נוּ֙	shofeteynu	judges-our
Daniel 9:12	שְׁפָט֔וּ/נוּ	shefatunu	judged-us
Ezra 10:14	וְ/שֹׁפְטֶ֑י/הָ	veshofeteyha	and judges thereof
1 Chronicles 16:33	לִ/שְׁפּ֥וֹט	lishepot	to judge
1 Chronicles 17:6	שֹׁפְטֵ֣י	shofetey	of the judges
1 Chronicles 17:10	שֹֽׁפְטִים֙	shofetim	judges
1 Chronicles 23:4	וְ/שֹׁפְטִ֖ים	veshofetim	and judges
1 Chronicles 26:29	וּ/לְ/שֹׁפְטִֽים	uleshofetim	and for judges
2 Chronicles 1:2	וְ/לַ/שֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים	velashofetim	and to the judges
2 Chronicles 1:10	יִשְׁפֹּ֔ט	yishepot	can judge
2 Chronicles 1:11	תִּשְׁפּוֹט֙	tishepot	you may judge
2 Chronicles 6:23	וְ/שָׁפַטְתָּ֣	veshafateta	and-judge
2 Chronicles 19:5	שֹֽׁפְטִ֜ים	shofetim	judges
2 Chronicles 19:6	הַ/שֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים	hashofetim	the judges
2 Chronicles 19:6	תִּשְׁפְּט֖וּ	tishepetu	you judge
2 Chronicles 20:12	תִשְׁפָּט	tishepat	you judge
2 Chronicles 22:8	כְּ/הִשָּׁפֵ֥ט	kehishafet	in executing judgment
2 Chronicles 26:21	שׁוֹפֵ֖ט	shofet	judging

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Lexicon H8199

Morphology HVqv2ms All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H8199-24

Words from Root שׁפט (judging, deciding, governing, vindicating, executing justice)

Word Usage (204 occurrences of H8199)

Lexicon `H8199`

Morphology `HVqv2ms` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H8199-24`