לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת

   le-mish-pe-KHOT

   for the families
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת בְּנֵֽי־קְהָ֖ת

   le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT

   for the families of the descendants of Kohath
3. clause🔊 לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת בְּנֵֽי־קְהָ֖ת הַנּוֹתָרִֽים׃

   le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT ha-no-ta-REEM

   for the families of the descendants of Kohath the remaining
4. sentence🔊 כָּל־עָרִ֥ים עֶ֖שֶׂר וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ן לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת בְּנֵֽי־קְהָ֖ת הַנּוֹתָרִֽים׃

   KOL-a-REEM E-ser u-mig-re-SHE-hen le-mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-ke-HAT ha-no-ta-REEM

   all the cities ten and their pasturelands for the families of the descendants of Kohath the remaining

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase ləmišpəḥôṯ {לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹת | lə·miš·pə·ḥô·ṯ} ‘to families’ introduces the beneficiaries, completed by bnei kehāṯ hanōṯārîm {בְּנֵי־קְהָת הַנּוֹתָרִים | bə·nê·y keh·āṯ han·nō·ṯā·rîm} ‘the remaining sons of Kohath’. The fronted noun phrase detailing the objects transferred, followed by the recipient phrase, reflects distributive allocation in Hebrew, where emphasis is placed on the full allotment before identifying the beneficiaries.

Root and etymology

ש־פ־ח🔊 š-p-ḥspch

“clan, family division”