Numbers 26:13:2Num.26.13.W2TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pa-KHAT
- IPA
- /miʃ.paˈħat/
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
le-ZE-rakh mish-pa-KHAT
- sentence
le-ZE-rakh mish-pa-KHAT ha-zar-KHI le-sha-UL mish-pa-KHAT ha-sha-u-LI
Exegesis
Each phrase is followed by the construct chain mîš-pə-ḥát {מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | mîš-pə-ḥát} ‘clan of’ combined with ha-zar-ḥî {הַזַּרְחִ֑י | ha-zar-ḥî} ‘the Zerahite’ and ha-šāʾû-lî {הַשָּׁאוּלִֽי | ha-šāʾû-lî} ‘the Shaulite’. This parallelism underscores equal tribal standing and emphasizes descent from named ancestors. In translation, the formal preserves the Hebrew ancestor + clan + gentilic order, while the dynamic renders the prepositional nuance naturally as “descendants of X.”
Root and etymology
RootShin-Pe-Chet
“to join, extend, spread out”
In context — Numbers 26:13
The Zerahite clan from Zerah; the Shaulite clan from Shaul.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 26:13, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת (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.26.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.13.W2.S1) and character.