Joshua 21:10:4Josh.21.10.W4TAB
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת
mimishpekhote
“from the families”
- Transliteration
- mi-mish-pe-KHOTE
- Extended
- mih-mish-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /mimmiʃpəˈxot/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the families
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-mish-pe-KHOTE
- phraseyour reading level
mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI
- clause
va-ye-HI li-vne a-ha-RON mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI mi-vne le-VI
- sentence
va-ye-HI li-vne a-ha-RON mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI mi-vne le-VI ki la-HEM ha-YA hag-go-RAL ri-sho-NA
Exegesis
The successive construct chains mimishpechot hakehati {מִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹת הַקְּהָתִ֖י | mim-miš-pə-ḥôt ha-qə-hā-thî} ‘from the families of the Kohathite’ and mibnei Levi {מִבְּנֵ֣י לֵוִ֑י | mibbə-nê lē-wî} ‘from the sons of Levi’ function as appositional modifiers refining tribal identity.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־חspch
“clan, family division”
In context — Joshua 21:10
And the sons of Aaron from the families of the Kohathite from the sons of Levi had the first lot , because it was theirs.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 21:10, so the Hebrew word מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת (mimishpekhote) 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.21.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.10.W4.S1) and character.