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
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mish-pe-cho-TAM
- clause
ZOT na-cha-LAT be-NEI-GAD le-mish-pe-cho-TAM
- 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 context — Joshua 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.