Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׁפָּת‎ mishpâth (mish-pawth') sheepfold ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁפָה‎

burden, sheepfold.

• a stall for cattle (only dual)

1) fire-places, ash-heaps
1a) meaning uncertain
2) (CLBL) sheepfolds, saddlebags
2a) meaning uncertain

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שָׁפָת

I. ‎שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם‎ noun [masculine] dual: probably = ‎מִשְׁפְּתַיִם‎, below, q. v.; — ‎׳‎‎בֵּין שׁ‎ Ps 68:14* (based on Judg 5:16 ?).

‎מִשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם‎ noun [masculine] dual probably fire-places or ash-heaps (namely, of the villages or encampments of the tribe) (> Ki Thes and most sheepfolds, see Stu^Ju); — ‎בֵּין הַמִּשְׁפְּתַ֫יִם‎ Judg 5:16 (poem; compare GFM); so (‎תָּ֑יִם‎-) Gen 49:14 (poem in J).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References