Joshua 21:20:1Josh.21.20.W1TAB
וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת
ulemishpekhot
“and to the families”
- Transliteration
- u-le-mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- oo-leh-mish-PEH-khoht
- IPA
- /u.lə.miʃ.pəˈxoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to the families
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT
- clause
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM mib-NEI ke-HAT
- sentence
u-le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT hal-vi-YIM ha-no-ta-RIM mib-NEI ke-HAT va-ye-HI a-REI go-ra-LAM mi-mat-TEH ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase ulemišpechot {וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת | ū-lə-miš-pə-ḥōṯ} ‘and to families’, introducing the subgroup of Kohathites.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־חspch
“clan, family division”
In context — Joshua 21:20
And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who remained , received the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 21:20, so the Hebrew word וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת (ulemishpekhot) 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.21.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.20.W1.S1) and character.