Numbers 26:15:8Num.26.15.W8TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pah-KHAHT
- 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 ha-khag-GI
- clause
le-mish-pe-kho-TAM lits-PON mish-pa-KHAT hats-po-NI le-khag-GI mish-pa-KHAT ha-khag-GI
- sentence
be-NEI GAD le-mish-pe-kho-TAM lits-PON mish-pa-KHAT hats-po-NI le-khag-GI mish-pa-KHAT ha-khag-GI le-shu-NI mish-pa-KHAT ha-shu-NI
Exegesis
The construct phrase b’nei Gad {בְּנֵי גָד֮ | bə-nê ḡā-ḏ} establishes tribal identity, followed by le-mishp’khotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ | lə-miš-pā-ḥō-ṯām}, which introduces the division into clans.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:15
The sons of Gad by their clans —through Tsephon, the Tsephonite; through Chaggi, the Haggite ; through Shuni, the clan of the Shunite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 26:15, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת (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.26.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.15.W8.S1) and character.