שָׁפְט֖וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁפְט֖וּ

   shaf-TU

   judged
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁפְט֖וּ

   a-SHER shaf-TU

   who or which judged
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י לֹ֤א נַֽעֲשָׂה֙ כַּפֶּ֣סַח הַזֶּ֔ה מִימֵי֙ הַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁפְט֖וּ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL

   for not was done or was made like the Passover this from the days of the judges who or which judged {direct object marker} Israel
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י לֹ֤א נַֽעֲשָׂה֙ כַּפֶּ֣סַח הַזֶּ֔ה מִימֵי֙ הַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁפְט֖וּ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכֹ֗ל יְמֵ֛י מַלְכֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וּמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

   KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL ve-KHOL ye-ME mal-KHE yis-ra-EL u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA

   for not was done or was made like the Passover this from the days of the judges who or which judged {direct object marker} Israel and all days of kings of Israel and kings of Judah

Exegesis

The temporal phrase mimei hashoftim {מִימֵי הַשֹּׁפְטִים | mimê haššôp̄eṯîm} ‘from the days of the judges’ marks an epoch, further defined by the relative clause asher shaftu {אֲשֶׁר שָׁפְטוּ | ’ăšer šāphaṭû} ‘who judged.’

Root and etymology

ש־פ־ט🔊 shin–pe–tet

“to judge, govern”