Joshua 13:23:10Josh.13.23.W10TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-KHOH-tahm
- IPA
- /ləmiʃpəχoˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to their clans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- clause
ZOT na-ha-LAT be-NEI-re-u-VEN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam he-a-RIM ve-hats-re-HEN
- sentence
va-ye-HI ge-VUL be-NEI re-u-VEN ha-yar-DEN u-ge-VUL ZOT na-ha-LAT be-NEI-re-u-VEN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam he-a-RIM ve-hats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lᵉmiš-pᵊ-ḥō-ṯām {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם | lᵊ-miš-pᵊ-ḥō-ṯām} ‘according to their families’ specifies tribal subdivisions, and the coordinated pair hēʿārîm {הֶעָרִ֖ים | hēʿārîm} ‘the cities’ and vᵊ-ḥaṣ-rê-ye-hên {וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן | vᵊ-ḥaṣ-rê-ye-hên} ‘and their villages’ forms an inclusio that frames central urban centers with their villages. English rendering preserves the repetition of “border” and the distributive cities-and-villages phrase to maintain the Hebrew parallel structure and allocation nuance.
In context — Joshua 13:23
And the boundary of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan ; this was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families—the cities and their villages.
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 13:23, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם (lemishpekhotam) 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 Josh.13.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.23.W10.S1) and character.