{"def":{"short":"to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)","long":["to judge, govern, vindicate, punish",["(Qal)",["to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)",["to rule, govern, judge"],"to decide controversy (of God, man)","to execute judgment",["discriminating (of man)","vindicating","condemning and punishing","at theophanic advent for final judgment"]],"(Niphal)",["to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together","to be judged"],"(Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)"]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃɔːˈpɑt̪’","ipa_mod":"ʃɑːˈfɑt","sbl":"šāpaṭ","dic":"shaw-PAHT","dic_mod":"sha-FAHT"}}