Hebrew word · H4939
מִשְׂפָּח
mispach
bloodshed
Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
bloodshed, outpouring (of blood)
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Similar words
Where it appears
Isaiah · 1
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Isaiah 5:7 מִשְׂפָּ֔ח bloodshed
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
Here: This word occurs only here in the Bible. It was chosen because it sounds almost the same as mishpat. Likely meanings are 'bloodshed' or 'a breach of the law' (see the study and debates). Either way, it is what justice looks like when it has gone rotten.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.