Claim: Hannibal ran for office of shophet.
Evidence: After the war , Hannibal successfully ran for the office of sufet.
In Hebrew and several other Semitic languages , shopheṭ or shofeṭ -LRB- plural shophṭim or shofeṭim -RRB- literally means `` Judge '' , from the verb '' Š-P-Ṭ '' , `` to pass judgment ''.