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shophet

Today it means: A judge: an ad hoc leader in ancient Israel. Full definition →

Hebrew שׁוֹפֵט

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Hebrew · borrowed fromשׁוֹפֵט
English todayshophet

From Hebrew שׁוֹפֵט. Doublet of suffete.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.