שופֿט
דער

ETYMOLOGY

Original holam shortened in a closed syllable in the plural.
Vowel 41, Proto-Yiddish ✱ɔ
Tiberian Hebrew šōfətī́m / šōftī́m

WESTERN

chaufet {sic} 'ein Richter' {Friedrich 1784: 43}
- schaufet zedek 'ein gerechter Richter'

šɔ́ftəm שופֿטים {NORTHWESTERN, Katz 1982: 118, 228}
- šoufɛjt {Whole Hebrew}

CENTRAL

šɔ́ftəm שופֿטים {Katz 1982: 118, 228}
- šojfajt {Whole Hebrew}

NORTHEASTERN

šɔ́ftim שופֿטים {Katz 1982: 118, 228}
- šejfejt {Whole Hebrew}