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Hebrew · H4941, H3490

מִשְׁפַּט יָתוֹם

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 · a bereaved person

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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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יָתוֹם H3490 a bereaved person
Pronunciation yātwōm
Orphan denoting child bereft of father; OT's paradigmatic figure of vulnerability requiring covenant protection
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What does מִשְׁפַּט יָתוֹם (mishpat yatom) mean in the Bible?

מִשְׁפָּט · יָתוֹם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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".

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What does מִשְׁפָּט · יָתוֹם mean in the Bible?

מִשְׁפָּט · יָתוֹם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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.

How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4941, H3490?

H4941, H3490 is connected to 466 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Hebrew phrase. 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

Strong's H4941, H3490
Lexical occurrences 466 verses

Source Gloss

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
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How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

148 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: OSHB — CC BY 4.0
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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