Numbers 26:12:8Num.26.12.W8TAB
מִשְׁפַּחַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pah-KHAT
- IPA
- /miʃpaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the clan of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pa-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pa-KHAT hai-ya-mi-NI
- clause
mish-pa-KHAT hai-ya-mi-NI le-ya-KHIN mish-pa-KHAT hai-ya-khi-NI
- sentence
be-NEI shim-ON le-mish-pe-kho-TAM le-ne-mu-EL mish-pa-KHAT han-ne-mu-e-LI le-ya-MIN mish-pa-KHAT hai-ya-mi-NI le-ya-KHIN mish-pa-KHAT hai-ya-khi-NI
Exegesis
Each segment pairs linmu’el {לִנְמוּאֵל | li-nə-wā-ʼēl} ‘to Nemuel’, le-yamin {לְיָמִין | lə-yā-mîn} ‘to Jamin’, and le-yakhin {לְיָכִין | lə-ya-ḥîn} ‘to Jakin’ with mishpachat {מִשְׁפַּחַת | miš-pā-ḥat} ‘clan’ and the gentilic adjectives hanemu’eli {הַנְּמוּאֵלִי | han-nə-wā-ʼēlî} ‘the Nemuelite’, hayamini {הַיָּמִינִי | ha-yā-mî-nî} ‘the Jaminite’, and hayakhini {הַיָּכִינִי | ha-yā-ḥî-nî} ‘the Jakinite’. This repetitive formula underscores tribal structure. English renders each prepositional element to reflect descent and clan affiliation in natural order.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:12
The sons of Simeon were organized by their clans : of Nemuel, the Nemuelite clan; of Jamin, the Jaminite clan; of Jakin, the Jakinite clan.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 26:12, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּחַת (mishpakhat) 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.26.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.12.W8.S1) and character.