Joshua 21:33:3Josh.21.33.W3TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-kho-TAAM
- IPA
- /ləm.iʃ.pəxoˈtaːm/
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
KOL-a-REI ha-ger-shu-NI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- sentence
KOL-a-REI ha-ger-shu-NI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM she-LOSH-es-RE EER u-mig-re-shei-HEN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lə-mišpāḥôtām {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-mišpāḥôtām} ‘to their clans’ specifies internal distribution.
In context — Joshua 21:33
All the cities of the Gershonites according to their clans were thirteen in number, along with their pasturelands .
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:33, 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.21.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.33.W3.S1) and character.