Joshua 21:40:6Josh.21.40.W6TAB
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת
mimishpekhot
“from the clans”
- Transliteration
- mi-mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mee-mish-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /mimmɪʃpəˈxoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the clans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mi-mish-pe-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM
- clause
KOL-he-a-RIM li-vne me-ra-RI le-mish-pe-KHO-tam ha-no-ta-RIM mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM
- sentence
KOL-he-a-RIM li-vne me-ra-RI le-mish-pe-KHO-tam ha-no-ta-RIM mi-mish-pe-KHOT hal-vi-YIM va-ye-HI go-ra-LAM a-RIM shteim es-REH
Exegesis
The participle hannotārîm {הַנּוֹתָרִים | hannotārîm} ‘the remaining ones’ functions appositionally to clarify the specific subgroup, followed by mimmishpeḥōṯ ha-levīyim {מִמִּשְׁפְּחוֹת הַלְוִיִּם | mimmishpeḥōṯ ha-levīyim} ‘from the families of the Levites’, reinforcing tribal identity.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־חspch
“clan, family division”
In context — Joshua 21:40
All the cities for the sons of Merari by their families—the remaining from the families of the Levites—and their lot was twelve cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Joshua 21:40, so the Hebrew word מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת (mimishpekhot) 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.21.40.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.40.W6.S1) and character.