Law Court / Court of Justice
A place where trials of various types are conducted.
("And the angel did so and imprisoned them in the court; only one of ten was allowed to walk on the earth" – Otzar HaMidrashim (Eisenstein) Noah, 400; and likewise: "For he made a hall for the court, and there was the chair where he would sit and judge those who came before him in judgment" – Radak, I Kings 7:7)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בֵּית מִשְׁפָּט
Definition (Hebrew)
מָקוֹם בּוֹ נֶעֱרָכִים מִשְׁפָּטִים מִסּוּגִים שׁוֹנִים.
("וַיַּעַשׂ הַמַּלְאָךְ כֵּן וְיִכְלָאֵם אֶל בֵּית הַמִּשְׁפָּט אַךְ אֶחָד מֵעֲשָׂרָה הִנִּיחַ לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ"- אוֹצַר הַמִּדְרָשִׁים, נֹחַ, 400, וְכֵן: "כִּי עָשָׂה אוּלָם לְבֵית הַמִּשְׁפָּט וְשָׁם הָיָה הַכִּסֵּא שֶׁהָיָה יוֹשֵׁב בּוֹ וְשׁוֹפֵט הַבָּאִים לְפָנָיו בַּמִּשְׁפָּט"- רָדָ"ק מְלָכִים א ז ז)