Study it in the app“Judges and supervisors you shall appoint for yourself in all your gates that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.”
Judgesשֹׁפְטִיםand supervisorsוְשֹׁטְרִיםyou shall appointתִּתֶּןfor yourselfלְךָin allבְּכָלyour gatesשְׁעָרֶיךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyou,לְךָaccording to your tribes,לִשְׁבָטֶיךָand they shall judgeוְשָׁפְטוּthe peopleאֶת הָעָםwith righteousצֶדֶקjudgment.מִשְׁפַּט
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shoftim” appearssupervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotrim” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “titen” appearscity
The whole city, which the gates protect.
Where else “sheare” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevate” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsrighteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appearsjudgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears17each shall give according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of YHWH your Elohim that he has given you.
18 · This verse (above)
19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
