What does מִשְׁפָּט · בְּכוֹרָה mean in the Bible?
מִשְׁפָּט · בְּכוֹרָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "legal right, claim, or ordinance of firstborn status".
Hebrew · H4941, H1062
מִשְׁפַּט הַבְּכֹרָה
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 · the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
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מִשְׁפָּט H4941 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
Pronunciation mišpāṭ
Judicial decision encompassing verdict, law, and justice; God's decisive rulings establish cosmic and moral order.
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בְּכוֹרָה H1062 the firstling of man or beast; abstractly primogeniture
Pronunciation bĕkwōrāh
The right and privilege of the firstborn; inheritance priority bestowed by birth order, carrying legal and covenantal weight
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What does מִשְׁפַּט הַבְּכֹרָה (mishpat habbekhorah) mean in the Bible?
מִשְׁפָּט · בְּכוֹרָה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "legal right, claim, or ordinance of firstborn status".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4941, H1062?
H4941, H1062 is connected to 438 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. legal right, claim, or ordinance of firstborn status
Strong's H4941, H1062
Lexical occurrences 438 verses Source Gloss
legal right, claim, or ordinance of firstborn status
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מִשְׁפַּט הַבְּכֹרָה is built from this root:
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