"שופט" meaning in Hebrew

See שופט in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-YaronSh-שופט.wav Forms: שׁוֹפֵט [canonical], שֹׁפֵט [canonical], shofét [romanization], שׁוֹפְטִים [indefinite, plural], שֹׁפְטִים [indefinite, plural], שׁוֹפֵט [construct, singular], שֹׁפֵט־ [construct, singular], שׁוֹפְטֵי [construct, plural], שֹׁפְטֵי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: Compare Ugaritic 𐎘𐎔𐎉 (ṯpṭ), Punic 𐤔𐤐𐤈 (špṭ). Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|שׁ־פ־ט}}, {{cog|uga|𐎘𐎔𐎉}} Ugaritic 𐎘𐎔𐎉 (ṯpṭ), {{cog|xpu|𐤔𐤐𐤈}} Punic 𐤔𐤐𐤈 (špṭ) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=שׁוֹפֵט|consdwv=שֹׁפֵט|dwv=שֹׁפֵט|g=m|pl=שׁוֹפְטִים|plcons=שׁוֹפְטֵי|plconsdwv=שֹׁפְטֵי|pldwv=שֹׁפְטִים|tr=shofét|wv=שׁוֹפֵט}} שׁוֹפֵט / שֹׁפֵט • (shofét) m (plural indefinite שׁוֹפְטִים / שֹׁפְטִים, singular construct שׁוֹפֵט / שֹׁפֵט־, plural construct שׁוֹפְטֵי / שֹׁפְטֵי־)
  1. judge (a public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice)
    Sense id: en-שופט-he-noun-y263uB6G Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Legal occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 24 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 16 30 Disambiguation of Legal occupations: 71 13 16
  2. (biblical) A judge: an ad hoc leader in ancient Israel.
    Sense id: en-שופט-he-noun-zTl5PNhZ Categories (other): Bible, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־פ־ט Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 25 44 31 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 22 55 22 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 25 55 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root שׁ־פ־ט: 21 63 16 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  3. (sports) A referee, an umpire, a judge: one who presides over a sporting match and makes decisions that enforce the rules of the sport.
    Sense id: en-שופט-he-noun-gh9UkV6x Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: שׁוֹפְטִים (shof'tím)
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      "expansion": "",
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        ],
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          "judgment",
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          "judge",
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