שָׁפַט
shaphat (shaw-fat') v.
1. to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against)
2. (by implication) to vindicate or punish
3. (by extenssion) to govern
4. (passively, literally or figuratively) to litigate
[a primitive root]
KJV: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.