Joshua 21:6:3Josh.21.6.W3TAB
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת
mimishpekhot
“from the clans”
- Transliteration
- mi-mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mih-mish-peh-KHOT
- IPA
- /mimipəˈxot/
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 mat-TEH-yi-sa-SKHAR u-mi-mat-TEH-a-SHER
- sentence
ve-li-vne ger-SHON mi-mish-pe-KHOT mat-TEH-yi-sa-SKHAR u-mi-mat-TEH-a-SHER u-mi-mat-TEH naf-ta-LI u-me-kha-TSI mat-TEH me-na-SHEH va-ba-SHAN ba-go-RAL a-RIM she-LOSH es-REH
Exegesis
provides a source list: mimmishpechot {מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת | mim-miš-pə-ḥōṯ} ‘from the families of’ introduces the donor units, while maṭṭē {מַטֵּה | maṭ-ṭē} in construct with each tribal name organizes the list as successive contributors.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־חspch
“clan, family division”
In context — Joshua 21:6
And to the sons of Gershon, from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 21:6, 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.21.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.6.W3.S1) and character.