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Shafut (שפוט) means convict in Hebrew.

It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

שָׁפוּט
shafut
adjective
In English

convict

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shafut.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    שנחרץ דינו במשפט.
  2. 2
    סלנגמי שמתנהג ככפוי ונשלט ע"י אחר.

The word Shafut is an adjective.

Written with vowel points
שָׁפוּט
Written without vowel points
שפוט
Said
shafut
Root
ש־פ־ט
Pattern
קָטוּל
Plural
שְׁפוּטִים
Feminine form
שְׁפוּטָה
Inflections
נ' שְׁפוּטָה, ר' שְׁפוּטִים, נ"ר שְׁפוּטוֹת
Gematria
395

This is how Shafut is said in other languages.

English
convict

These words rhyme with Shafut.

The word Shafut comes from the root ש־פ־ט, like these words.

These words come before and after Shafut in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Shafut.

What does Shafut (⁨שפוט⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shafut (⁨שפוט⁩) means convict. It is said shafut, with the stress on fut.

What rhymes with Shafut (⁨שפוט⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Shafut (⁨שפוט⁩) include ⁨אומנות⁩, ⁨חוט⁩, ⁨שירות⁩, ⁨התנהגות⁩, ⁨מהירות⁩, and ⁨פעילות⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שפוט of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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