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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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

Word Origins

מִשְׁפַּט יָתוֹם is built from this root:

שָׁפַט H8199 to judge , i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish ; by extenssion, to govern ; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)

Grammatical Forms

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Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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