שְׁפַט shᵉphaṭ — to judge
Translated in the KJV as magistrate.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H8199; to judge.
shᵉphaṭ in each stem
Pe'al
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
שָׁפְטִ֞ין Ezra 7:25 Participle (active), masculine plural
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›