Numbers 26:16:5Num.26.16.W5TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
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
- clause
le-e-REE mish-pa-KHAT ha-e-REE
- sentence
le-oz-NEE mish-pa-KHAT ha-oz-NEE le-e-REE mish-pa-KHAT ha-e-REE
Exegesis
The preposition le'ozni {לְאָזְנִי | lə-ʾōz-nî} ‘to Ozni’ assigns each clan to its ancestor, followed by the construct noun mishpachat {מִשְׁפַּחַת | mišp̄aḥat} ‘clan’ linked with hā-ʾōz-nî {הָאָזְנִי | hā-ʾōz-nî} ‘the Oznite’, forming a genitive phrase ‘clan of the Oznite’.
Root and etymology
ש-פ-ח
“to spread, join”
In context — Numbers 26:16
The clan of Ozni —the Oznite clan; the clan of Eri —the Erite clan.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:16, 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.26.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.16.W5.S1) and character.