Joshua 19:10:6Josh.19.10.W6TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-KHOH-tahm
- IPA
- /ləmip̚ˈxotam/
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-KHO-tam
- clause
va-ya-AL ha-go-RAL hash-lee-SHI liv-NEI ze-vu-LUN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- sentence
va-ya-AL ha-go-RAL hash-lee-SHI liv-NEI ze-vu-LUN le-mish-pe-KHO-tam va-ye-HI ge-VUL na-cha-la-TAM ad-sa-REED
Exegesis
The prepositional construct livnei Zevulun {לִבְנֵי זְבוּלֻן | lī-və-nē Ze-vu-lun} ‘to the sons of Zebulun’ identifies the tribal recipients, and lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-tām} ‘according to their clans’ highlights internal subdivisions.
In context — Joshua 19:10
And the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun, according to their clans, and the boundary of their inheritance reached as far as Sarid.
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 19:10, 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.19.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.10.W6.S1) and character.