Joshua 18:21:6Josh.18.21.W6TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם
lemishpekhoteihem
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-khoh-TEH-hem
- IPA
- /ləmip.pəχoːteˈhɛm/
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM
- clause
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-YU he-a-RIM le-ma-TE be-NEI bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-tei-HEM ye-ri-KHO u-VEIT-khag-LA ve-E-mek ke-TSEETS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lemishpechoteihem {לְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-tê-hêm} ‘for their clans’ further specifies subdivision by lineage.
In context — Joshua 18:21
And the cities belonging to the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their clans were Jericho, Beth Hoglah, and Emek Ketziz.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 18:21, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם (lemishpekhoteihem) 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.18.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.21.W6.S1) and character.