Mishpâth — H4942

Definition

masculine noun

a stall for cattle (only dual)

1. fire-places, ash-heaps
1. meaning uncertain
2. (CLBL) sheepfolds, saddlebags
1. meaning uncertain

Usually translated as

burden, sheepfold

Origin

from H8192

• Derived from Shâphâh (H8192)

Occurrences

Mishpâth occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Judges (1)

• Genesis 49:14 — Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens (הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם):
• Judges 5:16 — Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds (הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִם), to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.