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Proverbs 8:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H8269 By me princes בי שׂרים

H8323 rule ישׂרו

H5081 and nobles ונדיבים

H3605 even all כל

H8199 the judges שׁפטי

H776 of the earth צדק׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H8269 princes

H8323 rule

and

H5081 nobles

even

H3605 all

the

H8199 judges

the

H776 earth

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