Numbers 1:2:5Num.1.2.W5TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם
lemishpekhotam
“by their families”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-KHOH-tahm
- IPA
- /ləmiʃ.pəxoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- clause
se-U ET-ROSH KOL-A-daht be-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
se-U ET-ROSH KOL-A-daht be-NEI-yis-ra-EL le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-VEIT a-vo-TAM be-mis-PAR she-MOT KOL-za-KHAR le-gul-ge-lo-TAM
Exegesis
The series of prepositional phrases le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם | lə-miš-pᵉ-ḥō-tām}, le-beit-avotam {לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם | lə-ḇêṯ-ʾă-vō-tām}, be-mispar-shemot {בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֔וֹת | bᵉ-mis-pār-šēmōṯ}, and kol-zakhar-le-gulgelotam {כָּל-זָכָ֖ר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם | kol-zākār-lə-gul-gə-lō-tām} structures a hierarchical enumeration from clans to individual members, using the distributive idiom ‘by their heads’ to ensure personal registration, rendered in English as “individually” and “one by one.”
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pei-het
“clan, family”
In context — Numbers 1:2
Lift up the head of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their clans, by the house of their fathers, by the number of names, every male, individually by their heads .
About this coordinate
Numbers 1:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 1:2, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם (lemishpekhotam) 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 Num.1.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.1.2.W5.S1) and character.