Joshua 19:39:5Josh.19.39.W5TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-pekh-hoh-TAM
- IPA
- /ləmip.pəxoˈtam/
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
ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-naf-ta-LI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- sentence
ZOT na-kha-LAT mat-TEH ve-NEI-naf-ta-LI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM he-a-RIM ve-khats-re-HEN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-tām} ‘according to their clans’ introduces a distributive classification by extended family groups.
In context — Joshua 19:39
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their clans; the cities and their villages .
About this coordinate
Joshua 19:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 19:39, 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.19.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.19.39.W5.S1) and character.