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Lexicon :: Strong's H4942 - mišpᵊṯayim

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מִשְׁפְּתַיִם
Transliteration
mišpᵊṯayim
Pronunciation
mish-pawth'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2441c

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: משפתים (Gesenius) משפת (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁפָּת mishpâth, mish-pawth'; from H8192; a stall for cattle (only dual):—burden, sheepfold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H4942 in the following manner: burden (1x), sheepfold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H4942 in the following manner: burden (1x), sheepfold (1x).

  1. fire-places, ash-heaps

    1. meaning uncertain

  2. (CLBL) sheepfolds, saddlebags

    1. meaning uncertain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁפָּת mishpâth, mish-pawth'; from H8192; a stall for cattle (only dual):—burden, sheepfold.
STRONGS H4942: Abbreviations
† I. שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם noun [masculine] dual: probably = מִשְׁפְּחַיִם, below, which see; — בֵּין שׁ׳ Psalm 68:14 (based on Judges 5:16 ?).

† מִשְׁפְּחַ֫יִם noun [masculine] dual probably fire-places or ash-heaps (namely, of the villages or encampments of the tribe) (> Ki Thes and most sheepfolds, see StuJu); — הַמִּשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם בֵּין Judges 5:16 (poem; compare GFM); so (תָּ֑יִם-) Genesis 49:14 (poem in J).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:14

Judges

5:16; 5:16

Psalms

68:14

H4942

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4942 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mišpᵊṯayim),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:14 -

“Issachar is [fn]a strong donkey,

Lying down between the [fn]sheepfolds H4942.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 -

“Why did you sit among the [fn]sheepfolds H4942,

To hear the whistling for the flocks?

Among the divisions of Reuben

There were great probings of the heart.

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