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*ṯpṭ - to pass judgment
(Kogan 2015: 202)
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Akkadian
šapāṭu
- to issue orders, to exercise authority
(CAD Š₁ 450, AHw. 1172)
A WS loanword.
Also šāpiṭu ‘district governor; judge’ (CAD Š₁ 459, AHw. 1173); šipṭu ‘judgment, verdict’ (CAD Š₃ 91, AHw. 1247).
Ugaritic
ṯpṭ
- to judge
(DUL 926)
Phoenician
špṭ
- to begin a process, to litigate; to judge
(DNWSI 1181)
Hebrew
špṭ
- to pass judgment
(HALOT 1662)
Sabaic
ṯfṭ
- legal decision
(SD 150)
Minaean
ṯfṭ
- décréter (to decree)
(LM 98)
Qatabanian
ṯfṭ
- to decide
(LIQ 181)