שָׁפַט

שָׁפַט(b. h.; v. פטט, s. v. פַּטָּטָא) (to divide; cmp. גזר, to decree, decide, judge. Ruth R. to I, 1 אוי לדור ששָׁפְטוּ … צריכין להִשָּׁפט woe to the generation that judge (criticise) their judges, and woe to the generation whose judges need to be judged; B. Bath.15b (ref. to Ruth l. c.) דור ששוֹפֵטוכ׳ it was a generation that judged its judges , v. קִיסָּם. Sot.10a זכור לי … ששָׁפַטְתִּיוכ׳ remember unto me the twenty (-two) years that I judged Israel, and never did I say to them, carry a stick for me from one place to another; a. fr.V. שוֹפֵט. Nif. נִשְׁפַּט to be judged, criticised. Ruth R. l. c., v. supra.