Joshua 21:4:3Josh.21.4.W3TAB

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת

lemishpekhot

for the families

Transliteration
le-mish-pe-KHOT
Extended
leh-mish-peh-KHOT
IPA
/ləmiʃ.pəˈħot/

Meaning by language

English
for the families

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + מִשְׁ + פְּ + חֹ֣ת
le + mish + pe + khot
lemishpekhot

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-mish-pe-KHOT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI

  3. clause

    va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI

  4. sentence

    va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI va-ye-HI liv-NEI a-ha-RON hak-ko-HEN min-hal-vi-YIM mi-mat-TE ye-hu-DA u-mi-mat-TE hash-shim-o-NI u-mi-mat-TE bin-ya-MIN bag-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH

Exegesis

The noun hagoral {הַגּוֹרָל | haggôrāl} ‘the lot’ functions as subject, followed by the recipient phrase lemishpechot {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת | lə-mišpəḥôt} ‘to the families’, specifying the Kohathite clan.

In contextJoshua 21:4

And the lot came out for the Kohathite families and fell to the sons of Aaron the priest among the Levites, from the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Simeon, and the tribe of Benjamin, assigning thirteen cities .

About this coordinate

Joshua 21:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:4, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת (lemishpekhot) 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.21.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.4.W3.S1) and character.