Joshua 19:16:4Josh.19.16.W4TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAM
- IPA
- /ləmiʃpəxoˈtam/
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
ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-zvu-LUN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- sentence
ZOT na-kha-LAT be-NEI-zvu-LUN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM he-a-RIM ha-E-le ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
Le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-ṯām} ‘according to their families’ functions as a prepositional modifier specifying clan divisions.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin–pe–ḥet
“to divide into families, extend family”
In context — Joshua 19:16
This is the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families; these cities and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 19:16, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם (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.19.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.16.W4.S1) and character.