Hannibal ran for office of shophet.
Hannibal . After the war , Hannibal successfully ran for the office of sufet . Hannibal is an American psychological thriller -- horror television series developed by Bryan Fuller for NBC . In Hebrew and several other Semitic languages , shopheṭ or shofeṭ ( plural shophṭim or shofeṭim ) literally means `` Judge '' , from the verb '' Š-P-Ṭ '' , `` to pass judgment '' .