שְׁפִיטָה, (שָׁפַט) judging, judgeship. Snh. 3ᵇ (ref. to Num. XXXV, 24 sq.) משעת שְׁפִיטַת העדה from the time that the assembly meets for judging (from the beginning of the legal proceedings, the court consists of twenty-three). Num. R. s. 14⁹ על שפיטת שמשון the verse (Gen. XLIX, 16) refers to Samson’s judgeship.