Lexicon mishpethayim: perhaps fireplaces, ash heaps Original Word: מִשְׁפְּתָ֫יִםPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: mishpethayim Phonetic Spelling: (mish-pawth') Short Definition: sheepfolds NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originperhaps from the same as shaphathDefinitionperhaps fireplaces, ash heaps NASB Translationsheepfolds (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 StuJu); — 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 (?) DHMVOJ ii (1888). 189 HomChr 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 DeJes 3, 78 Anm.; on Phoenician שפח servant (?) compare HoffmPhoenician Inscr. 18 Lzb381).
Strong's burden, sheepfold From shaphah; a stall for cattle (only dual) -- burden, sheepfold. see HEBREW shaphah |
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