šāfāṭ שָׁפָט ‘Shaphat’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from šāfaṭ שָׁפַט ‘to judge’
Roots:
שׁפט
šāfāṭ pr n m pers
Shaphat = "judged" or "he hath judged"
1) son of Hori and the prince of Simeon chosen to spy out the promised land
2) father of the prophet Elisha
3) a Judaite, son of Shemaiah and descendant of Zerubbabel in the royal line of Judah
4) a chief of the tribe of Gad
5) son of Adlai and chief herdsman for David over the herds in the valleys