מִשְׁפָּתmishpâth
שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם: probably = מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (Psalms 68:14; Judges 5:16)
Pronunciation: mish-pawth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4942
Meanings
מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם: probably fire-places or ash-heaps (namely, of the villages or encampments of the tribe) (Judges 5:16; Genesis 49:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:14 “Issachar is a sturdy donkey, resting between two saddlepacks.
- Judges 5:16 Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds— to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks? Yes, in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).