Leviticus 20:5:6Lev.20.5.W6TAB

וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ

uvemishpakhto

“and against his clan”

Transliteration: u-ve-mish-pakh-TO
Extended: oo-veh-meesh-pakh-TOH
IPA: /u.və.miʃpaħˈtoː/

Meaning by language

English: and against his clan

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וּ + בְ + מִשְׁ + פַּחְ + תּ֑וֹ

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u + ve + mish + pakh + to

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uvemishpakhto

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	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
	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
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go

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The word

Word in context

word
u-ve-mish-pakh-TO
clause
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO
sentence
ve-sam-TI a-NI et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU u-ve-mish-pakh-TO ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TO ve-ET kol-ha-zo-NIM a-kha-RAV liz-NOT a-kha-REI ha-MO-lekh mi-KE-rev am-AM

Exegesis

The parallel prepositional phrases bā-ʾîš {בָּאִישׁ | bā-ʾîš} and û-wə-mišpāḥtô {וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ | û-wə-mišpāḥtô} specify both individual and family accountability.

In context — Leviticus 20:5

I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him to Molech, from among their people.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 20:5, so the Hebrew word וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ (uvemishpakhto) 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 Lev.20.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.5.W6.S1) and character.

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