FROM STRONG’S HEBREW DICTIONARY (1890)

Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary (1890) — public domain, printed whole.

shaphat shaw-fat' — a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively):--+ avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.