Original Word: מִשְׁפָת
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mishpethayim
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-pawth')
Definition: perhaps fireplaces, ash heapsWord Origin
perhaps from the same as shaphath
Definition
perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps
NASB Translation
sheepfolds (2).

I. שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם noun [masculine] dual: probably = מִשְׁמְּתַיִם, below, q. v.; — ׳בֵּין שׁ Psalm 68:14 (based on Judges 5:16 ?).

מִשְׁמְּתַ֫יִם noun [masculine] dual probably fire-places or ash-heaps (namely, of the villages or encampments of the tribe) (> Ki Thes and most sheepfolds, see Stu^Ju); — בֵּין הַמִּשְׁמְּתַ֫יִם Judges 5:16 (poem; compare GFM); so (תָּ֑יִם-) Genesis 49:14 (poem in J).

שׁפח (√ of following; compare Sabean ספח pour, also noun מספחת efusion (?) DHM^{VOJ ii (1888). 189} Hom^{Chr 124}; Arabic pour out water, shed blood; note (with reference to etymology of following words) phrase commit fornication with her (Lane), i.e. effudit cum ea (that is semen) Fl in De^{Jes 3, 78 Anm}.; on Phoenician שפח servant (?) compare Hoffm^{Phoenician Inscr. 18} Lzb³⁸¹).

burden, sheepfold

From shaphah; a stall for cattle (only dual) -- burden, sheepfold.

see HEBREW shaphah

הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתַ֔יִם הַֽמִּשְׁפְּתָֽיִם׃ המשפתים המשפתים׃ ham·miš·pə·ṯa·yim ham·miš·pə·ṯā·yim HammishpeTayim hammišpəṯayim hammišpəṯāyimInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts