Joshua 13:29:10Josh.13.29.W10TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAM
- IPA
- /ləmip.ˈpəxoˈtam/
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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-kho-TAM
- clause
va-ye-HI la-kha-TSI ma-TEH be-NEI-me-na-SHEH le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- sentence
va-yi-TEN mo-SHEH la-kha-TSI SHE-vet me-na-SHEH va-ye-HI la-kha-TSI ma-TEH be-NEI-me-na-SHEH le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The distributive suffix in ləmišpəḥōṯām {לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם | ləmišpəḥōṯām} marks allocation by family. English reorders the construct chains for readability without losing the proportional inheritance structure.
Root and etymology
ḥ-w-hchet–vav–heh
“villages, encampments”
In context — Joshua 13:29
And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasseh, and it became for half the branch of the descendants of Manasseh according to their families .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 13:29, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃ (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.13.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.29.W10.S1) and character.