Look up shophet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In several ancient Semitic-speaking cultures and associated historical regions, the shopheṭ or shofeṭ...

justice. While judge is a literalistic translation of the Hebrew term shophet used in the Masoretic text, the position as described is more one of unelected...

Yedidia Shofet (also spelled Shophet, and often referred to as Hakham Yedidia; November 14, 1908 – June 24, 2005) was the former Chief Rabbi of Iran and...

shophet, Hanno, a fat, leprous man, is sent to explain to them that Carthage has no money and will be delaying payment of its debt. Since the shophet...

translated as "Ahialon" in the Douay–Rheims Bible and other translations. Shophet "Elon". Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906. Thomas L. Thompson (1 January 2000)...

meaning "judges" and obviously related to the Biblical Hebrew ruler-title Shophet "Judge"). Punic: 𐤔𐤐𐤈, šūfeṭ; Phoenician: PΘ /ʃufitˤ/ Punic: 𐤓𐤔 𐤌𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤕...

mercy, which he sends in the form of a leader or champion (a "judge"; see shophet); the judge delivers the Israelites from oppression and they prosper, but...

starting from the 11th century BC. In ancient Phoenicia, the concept of Shophet was very similar to a Roman consul. Under Persian rule (539–332 BC), Phoenician...

with authority roughly equivalent to the Roman consul, known as sufetes (shophets), who were chosen from the most powerful noble families and served short...

ṯpṭ nhr, “judge River” or “ruler River”, ṯpṭ being a cognate of Hebrew shophet. It has been suggested that Nahar might have originally been a separate...

called in Punic the Suffets (a Semitic word agnate with the Old Hebrew Shophet usually translated as Judges as in the Book of Judges). Yet the Suffet...

1844. It is a funerary inscription of a noblewoman, the daughter of a Shophet. It is 1 foot wide and 2 and 3/4 feet high. On its discovery, Ludwig Ross...

"Judge River," is unclear. The first word, ṯpṭ, is a cognate of Hebrew shophet and Akkadian šāpaṭu(m), whose meaning can be more accurately translated...

of other political regimes; It combines elements of monarchic (kings or shophets), aristocratic (senate) and democratic (people's assembly) regimes. Beginning...

permanently influenced by the Punic era, with the maintenance of three shophets until the beginning of the 2nd century. From that century onwards, triumvirates...

the Third Punic War. Politics (Aristotle) List of monarchs of Carthage Shophet Roman Senate History of Carthage Aristote, p. 1-16, 11) Amadasi (2007,...

In 46 BC, it obtained the status of a free city, but maintained three shophets in its local institutions until the beginning of the 2nd century, perhaps...

which was founded in the 5th century BC. The city was governed by two shophets, a well-established feature in Punic institutions, including those of Carthage...

roundabout way (from father to uncle to cousin to him). The "sufete" (Hebrew: Shophet) was a Punic title often translated as "judge" as in the biblical Book...

service at the door of the tent of meeting." 1 Samuel 2:22 reports that the Shophet Eli's sons "lay with the women who did service at the door of the tent...