H4942 - מִשְׁפָּת (mishpâth)

H4942 מִשְׁפָּת (mishpâth) mish-pawth'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 8192; a stall for cattle (only dual)

KJV Usage: burden, sheepfold

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם (mish.pat) — sheepfold. 1) fire-places, ash-heaps 1a) meaning uncertain 2) (CLBL) sheepfolds, saddlebags 2a) meaning uncertain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (H4942) SAHD

noun m · שׁפת

Stalls

sheep pen, sheepfold meaning unsure; possibly: = area enclosed by a stone wall or hedge made of branches and thorns, with a narrow opening which can be closed with brush or by the shepherd’s body; ► used for keeping sheep at night to protect them from thieves or wild animals

GEN 49:14 · JDG 5:16

noun m · שׁפת

Containers

saddlebasket, saddlebag meaning unsure; possibly: = set of two large baskets ► carried by a mule or donkey on either side

GEN 49:14

¹ GEN 49:14 RSV NJPS NJB NRSV REB [1] | HALOT NIV GNT [2] | CEV "meadows" ² JDG 5:16 NIV "campfires"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם n.[m.]du. prob. fire-places or ash-heaps base