Joshua 13:28:4Josh.13.28.W4TAB

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם

lemishpechotam

according to their clans

Transliteration
le-mish-pe-cho-TAM
Extended
leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAM
IPA
/ləmiʃpəˈħoːtam/

Meaning by language

English
according to their clans

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Result
לְ + מִשְׁ + פְּ + חֹ + תָ֑ם
le + mish + pe + cho + tam
lemishpechotam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-mish-pe-cho-TAM

  2. clause

    ZOT na-cha-LAT be-NEI-GAD le-mish-pe-cho-TAM

  3. sentence

    ZOT na-cha-LAT be-NEI-GAD le-mish-pe-cho-TAM he-a-RIM ve-chats-rei-HEM

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-mišpəḥō-ṯām} ‘according to their clans’ specifies the allocation by clan.

In contextJoshua 13:28

This was the inheritance of the descendants of Gad according to their clans —the towns and their villages.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 13:28, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (lemishpechotam) 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.13.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.28.W4.S1) and character.