Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׂפָּח‎ mispâch (mis-pawkh') bloodshed ^H:N-M
from ‎סָפַח‎

oppression.

• slaughter

1) bloodshed, outpouring (of blood)

See Greek: ἀνομία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִשְׂפָּח‎ noun [masculine] probably outpouring (of blood), bloodshed (‎שׂ‎ substantive for ‎ס‎; word chosen for assonance with ‎מִשְׁפָּט‎); — absolute, ‎וַיְקַו‎ ‎׳‎‎לְמִשְׁפָּט וְחִנֵּה מ‎ 1Sam 5:7 and he waited for justice and lo! bloodshed, so Ges Hi Ew Di Gu Du Che^Comm. Che^Hpt.(dubious).

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