1 Samuel 20:6:161 Sam.20.6.W16TAB
לְכָל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָֽה׃
lekholhamishpakha
“for all the clan or family”
- Transliteration
- le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
- Extended
- leh-KHOHL-hah-mihsh-pah-KHAA
- IPA
- /ləxɔl.ham.miʃ.paːˈħaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for all the clan or family
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ya-MIM SHAM le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
- clause
KI ZE-vakh ha-ya-MIM SHAM le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
- sentence
IM-pa-KOD yif-ke-DE-ni a-VI-kha ve-a-MAR-ta nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni da-VID la-RUTS be-VET-le-khem i-RO KI ZE-vakh ha-ya-MIM SHAM le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
Exegesis
The conjunction ki-sham {כִּי־שָׁם | kî-šām} opens the explanatory clause, where the construct zevach-chag {זֶבַח־חַג | ze-vaḥ-ḥag} identifies a festival sacrifice and the prepositional phrase le-khol-hamishpacha {לְכָל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה | lə-khol-ha-miš-pā-ḥā} extends it to the entire family. This structure creates a conditional–explanatory pattern underpinning the ruse of a religious observance.
Root and etymology
“to complete, finish, destroy”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, “David earnestly asked leave from me to run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for the whole clan.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 20:6, so the Hebrew word לְכָל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָֽה׃ (lekholhamishpakha) 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 Sam.20.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.6.W16.S1) and character.