Judges 18:2:3Judg.18.2.W3TAB
מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם
mimmishpakhtam
“from their clan”
- Transliteration
- mim-mish-pa-khTAM
- Extended
- mihm-mihsh-pah-khTAAM
- IPA
- /mim.miʃpaħˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from their clan
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
mim-mish-pa-khTAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NE-DAN mim-mish-pa-khTAM
- clause
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NE-DAN mim-mish-pa-khTAM kha-mish-SHA a-na-SHIM mik-tso-TAM a-na-SHIM be-NE-kha-YIL mits-tsa-re-A u-me-esh-ta-OL le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets u-le-kha-ke-RAH va-yo-me-RU a-le-HEM le-KHU khik-RU et-ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-yish-le-KHU ve-NE-DAN mim-mish-pa-khTAM kha-mish-SHA a-na-SHIM mik-tso-TAM a-na-SHIM be-NE-kha-YIL mits-tsa-re-A u-me-esh-ta-OL le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets u-le-kha-ke-RAH va-yo-me-RU a-le-HEM le-KHU khik-RU et-ha-A-rets va-ya-VO-u har-ef-ra-YIM ad-BET mi-KHA va-ya-LI-nu SHAM
Exegesis
Distributive expressions mimmisp̄aḥtām {מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם | mimmisp̄aḥtām} “from their clan” and mikketsōtām {מִקְצוֹתָם | mikketsōtām} “from their quarters” emphasize that representatives were drawn from all sections.
In context — Judges 18:2
So the sons of Dan sent five men from their clan, from their outer districts—men of valor from Zorah and from Eshtaol—to spy out the land and investigate it. They told them, “Go, examine the land.” They came to the hill-country of Ephraim, reached the house of Micah, and stayed the night there.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 18:2, so the Hebrew word מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם (mimmishpakhtam) 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 Judg.18.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.2.W3.S1) and character.