Jeremiah 15:3:4Jer.15.3.W4TAB
מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙
mishpekhot
“families or kinds”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHO-t
- Extended
- mihsh-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miʃ.pəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- families or kinds
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
mish-pe-KHO-t
- phraseyour reading level
ar-BA mish-pe-KHO-t
- clause
u-fa-KAD-ti a-le-HEM ar-BA mish-pe-KHO-t ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH et-ha-KHE-rev la-ha-ROG ve-et-ha-kla-VIM lis-KHOV
- sentence
u-fa-KAD-ti a-le-HEM ar-BA mish-pe-KHO-t ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH et-ha-KHE-rev la-ha-ROG ve-et-ha-kla-VIM lis-KHOV ve-et-OF ha-sha-MA-yim ve-et-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets le-e-KHOL u-le-hash-KHIT
Exegesis
The phrase arba mishpachot {אַרְבַּע מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ | ar-baʿ miš-pā-ḥōt} functions as a technical enumeration “four categories” of divine instruments of judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-p-ch
“family, kind, category”
In context — Jeremiah 15:3
And I will appoint over them four kinds , declares the LORD : the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to eat and to destroy.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 15:3, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ (mishpekhot) 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 Jer.15.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.3.W4.S1) and character.