Sheepfold
מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִםStrong’s H4942mishpat (mish-pat)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mishpat is the Hebrew word usually translated “two campfires” and “fire-places”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:”
Meaning
- Fire-places, ash-heapsmeaning uncertain
- (CLBL) sheepfolds, saddlebagsmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- the two campfires 1
- the fire-places 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Judges 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם mishpat · sheepfold
1) fire-places, ash-heaps 1a) meaning uncertain 2) (CLBL) sheepfolds, saddlebags 2a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sheepfold” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHEE'PFOLD, noun
[sheep and fold.]
A place where sheep are collected or confined.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.