Numbers 26:14:2Num.26.14.W2TAB
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת
mishpekhot
“the clans”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mish-peh-KHOT
- IPA
- /miʃ.pəˈxoθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the clans
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 | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pe-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pe-KHOT ha-shim-O-ni
- clause
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT ha-shim-O-ni
- sentence
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT ha-shim-O-ni she-NA-yim ve-es-RIM E-lef u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The clause opens with the demonstrative eleh {אֵ֖לֶּה | ʾēl-leh} ‘these’ as the subject, followed by the collective noun mishpechot {מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת | miš-pə-ḥōṯ} ‘clans’ modified by the definite adjective haShim‘oni {הַשִּׁמְעֹנִ֑י | ha-šim-ʿō-nî} ‘the Simeonite’ in construct indicating tribal identity.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-peh-chet
“to spread out, extend”
In context — Numbers 26:14
These are the clans of the Simeonite, numbering twenty-two thousand two hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 26:14, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת (mishpekhot) 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.26.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.14.W2.S1) and character.