1 Chronicles 21:5:41 Chr.21.5.W4TAB
מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם
mifkadhaam
“muster of the people”
- Transliteration
- mif-kad-ha-AM
- Extended
- mihf-kahd-hah-AAM
- IPA
- /mif.qad.haːˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- muster of the people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mif-kad-ha-AM
- phraseyour reading level
et-mis-PA-r mif-kad-ha-AM
- clause
va-yit-TEN yo-AV et-mis-PA-r mif-kad-ha-AM el-da-VID
- sentence
va-yit-TEN yo-AV et-mis-PA-r mif-kad-ha-AM el-da-VID va-ye-HI khol-yis-ra-EL E-lef a-la-FIM u-me-A E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHE-rev vi-ye-hu-DA ar-BA me-OT ve-shiv-IM E-lef ISH sho-LEF KHA-rev
Exegesis
The object is expressed as a construct chain, ʾet-mispar mifqad-haʿam {אֶת־מִסְפַּ֥ר מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם | ʾeṯ-mispār mip̄qaḏ-hāʿām} ‘the number of the census of the people’, presenting an administrative total rather than a general description.
Root and etymology
consonantspe–qof–dalet
“muster, attend”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:5
And Joab gave the number of the census of the people to David, and all Israel was 1,100,000 men drawing the sword, and Judah was 470,000 men drawing the sword.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Chronicles 21:5, so the Hebrew word מִפְקַד־הָעָ֖ם (mifkadhaam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.5.W4.S1) and character.