שְׁפַט
she.phat
H8200
A:V
Hebrew
to judge
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Hebrew
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she.phat denotes those appointed to judge the people under God's laws.
The attested form identifies appointed men who are to judge all the people beyond the river according to the laws of God in Ezra 7:25.
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Appointed persons judging the people · dominant
In Ezra 7:25, the masculine plural active participle occurs in the instruction to appoint magistrates and judges for all the people beyond the river. The APB renders the clause "who may judge all the people," confirming a judicial assignment.
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 7:25, the APB presents the clause as "who may judge all the people." This rendering is treated as confirmation of the verse's judicial context.