The Difference Between mishpat and tsedaqah
mishpat (H4941) means "adversary" and tsedaqah (H6666) means "justice" — both Hebrew words in the Bible, but they carry distinct meanings. Knowing which word the original author chose, and where each appears, reveals the precise shade of meaning that can get lost in translation.
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מִשְׁפָּט vs צְדָקָה
mishpat and tsedaqah
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מִשְׁפָּט
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstract
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Exegetical Meaning
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style | Etymology: from H8199 (שָׁפַט); | KJV: [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
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- Justice as God's Character
- God as the Ultimate Judge
צְדָקָה
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
H6666
Exegetical Meaning
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) | Etymology: from H6663 (צָדַק); | KJV: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
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