From shaphat; a sentence, i.e. Infliction -- judgment.
see HEBREW shaphat
H8201. shephet
[שֶׁ֫פֶט] noun masculineExodus 6:6 judgement; — plural שְׁפָטִים 6:6 +, suffix שְׁפָטַי Ezekiel 14:21; — acts of judgment (compare משׁפטים), גדלים בשׁפטים by great acts of judgment Exodus 6:6; 7:4 (P); with שׁפטים עשׂה בְּ, 12:12; Numbers 33:4 (P), Ezekiel 5:10, 15; 11:9; 16:41; 25:11; 28:22, 26; 30:14, 19 (all of God); men 16:41; with את, 2 Chronicles 24:24 (Syrians against Joash); שׁפטים of God (four: sword, famine, wild beasts, pestilence) Ezekiel 14:21; שׁ ׳נכונו ללצים Proverbs 19:29 judgments are prepared for scorners (שְׁבָטִים ᵐ5 rods, so PerlesAnal. 69 [or שׁוֺטִים], Toy).