Joshua 15:1:6Josh.15.1.W6TAB

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם

lemishpekhotam

according to their clans

Transliteration
le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Extended
leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAM
IPA
/ləmiʃpəxoˈtaːm/

Meaning by language

English
according to their clans

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Result
לְ + מִשְׁ + פְּ + חֹ + תָ֑ם
le + mish + pe + kho + tam
lemishpekhotam

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-kho-TAM

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH be-NEI ye-hu-DAH le-mish-pe-kho-TAM

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-go-RAL le-ma-TEH be-NEI ye-hu-DAH le-mish-pe-kho-TAM el-ge-VUL e-DOM mid-bar-TSIN NEG-bah mik-TSEH tei-MAN

Exegesis

The phrase ha-gōrāl lə-mattêh bə-nê Yəhûdāh lə-mišpə-ḥōṯām {הַגּוֹרָל לְמַטֵּה בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | ha-gōrāl lə-mattêh bə-nê Yəhûdāh lə-mišpə-ḥōṯām} functions as the subject, ‘the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families’.

In contextJoshua 15:1

And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah by their families came to the border of Edom and to the wilderness of Zin southward, extending to its uttermost limit .

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 15:1, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (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.15.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.1.W6.S1) and character.