Joshua 18:28:14Josh.18.28.W14TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃
lemishpekhotam
“by their families”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAM
- IPA
- /ləmiʃ.pəxoˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their families
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-kho-TAM
- clause
ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- sentence
ve-TSE-la ha-E-lef ve-ha-ye-vu-SI HI ye-ru-sha-LAM giv-AT kir-YAT a-RIM ar-BA-es-RE ve-khats-re-HEN ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
Exegesis
The demonstrative zōṯ {זֹ֛את | zōṯ} ‘this’ signals the subsequent noun phrase naḥălāt bənê binyāmîn ləmispəḥōṯām {נַֽחֲלַ֥ת בְּנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם | na-ḥă-lāt bənê bin-yā-mîn lə-miš-pə-ḥō-ṯām} ‘inheritance of the sons of Benjamin for their clans.’ Hebrew employs construct relationships and coordination to convey the territorial allotment, while English uses coordinated noun phrases and appositions to maintain clarity and flow.
In context — Joshua 18:28
Zelah, Haeleph, and the Jebusite city—Jerusalem—Gibeah and Kiriath, fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the descendants of Benjamin for their clans.
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:28:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Joshua 18:28, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ (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.18.28.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.28.W14.S1) and character.