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
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mish-pe-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI
- clause
va-ye-TSE hag-go-RAL le-mish-pe-KHOT hak-ke-ha-TI
- 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 context — Joshua 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.