מִשְׁפְּתַיִם
mišpĕtayim
fire-places
Strong's H4942NounHebrewTWOT 2441c

מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mišpĕtayim) is a Hebrew noun meaning fire-places. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4942).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2441c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2441c)fire-places, ash-heaps; stall; hook; burden, sheepfold, pot
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם noun, masculine, dual: fire-places, ash-heaps

probably fire-places or ash-heaps

שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם dual

n.[m.] dual: probably = מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם, q.v.

Strong's H4942 מִשְׁפָּת: a stall for cattle (only dual)
KJV:burden, sheepfold.

Strong's H8240 שָׁפָת: a (double) stall (for cattle); also a (two-pronged) hook (for flaying animals on)
KJV:hook, pot.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2441: שׁפה šph — Root of: אַשְׁפֹּת ash-heap, refuse-heap, dung, fire-place stones; מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם fire-places, ash-heaps; שָׁפַת set; שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם fire-places, ash-heaps

See it in Scripture

Genesis 49:14Judges 5:16

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