משפט

מִשְׁפָּטm. (b. h.; שָׁפַט) sentence, judgment; justice, law. Meg.21a top; Snh.11b מה מ׳ ביוםוכ׳ as sentence can be passed in day-time only Eduy. II, 10 מִשְׁפַּט רשעיםוכ׳ the judgment (punishment) of the wicked in Gehenna lasts twelve months. Tanḥ. Mishp. 1 בעל זרוע אינו רוצה לעשות דבריו במ׳ אלא מעביר על המ׳ a man of might does not care to act according to law, but ignores the law;. a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁפָּטִים. Ex. R. s. 30 על ודי המ׳ שנתת להםוכ׳ through the laws which thou hast given to them, they, having a dispute with one another, go to law and make peace. Ib. בבקר ניתנה התורה … נתנו המ׳ in the morning the Law (religious principles) was given, and in the evening the civil law (Ex. 21, sq.). Midr. Till. to Ps. 36 אין קצבה למ׳וכ׳ there is no limit to the judgments for the wicked; a. fr.Mishpatim, name of a Scriptural lesson of a week (Ex. 21:1 to 24:18).