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Job 12:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1980 He leadeth מוליך

H3289 counsellors יועצים

H7758 away spoiled שׁולל

H8199 and maketh the judges ושׁפטים

H1984 fools יהולל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1980 leadeth

H3289 counsellors

away

H7758 spoiled

and

maketh

the

H8199 judges

H1984 fools

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8199

Hebrew: שָׁפַט

Transliteration: shâphaṭ

Pronunciation: shaw-fat'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: + {avenge} X-(idiom) that {condemn} {contend} {defend} execute ({judgment}) (be a) judge ({-ment}) X-(idiom) {needs} {plead} {reason} rule.

Definition:

to {judge} that {is} pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication to vindicate or punish; by extension to govern; passively to litigate (literally or figuratively)

1. to judge, govern, vindicate, punish

a. (Qal)

1. to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man) 1a

b. to rule, govern, judge

1. to decide controversy (of God, man)

2. to execute judgment 1a

c. discriminating (of man) 1a

d. vindicating 1a

e. condemning and punishing 1a

f. at theophanic advent for final judgment

g. (Niphal)

1. to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together

2. to be judged

h. (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906