Numbers 26:17:5Num.26.17.W5TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pa-KHAHkhat
- 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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Word in context
- word
mish-pa-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pa-KHAT ha-ar-e-LI
- sentence
la-a-ROD mish-pa-KHAT ha-a-ro-DI le-ar-e-LI mish-pa-KHAT ha-ar-e-LI
Exegesis
The Hebrew employs a parallel coordinate structure with two phrases joined by a semicolon: laArod {לַאֲרֹד | la-ʾa-rōḏ} ‘to/for Arod’ + mishpachat haArodi {מִשְׁפַּּחַת הָאֲרוֹדִי | miš-pa-ḥaṯ hā-ʾa-rō-ḏī} ‘clan of the Arodi’; followed by leAreli {לְאַרְאֵלִי | lə-ʾar-ê-lī} ‘to/for Areli’ + mishpachat haAreli {מִשְׁפַּּחַת הָאַרְאֵלִי | miš-pa-ḥaṯ hā-ʾar-ê-lī} ‘clan of the Areli’. The prefixed lamed marks tribal affiliation, while the construct chain mishpachat + gentilic adjective is the standard genitive for sub-tribal units. English can mirror this structure formally (“For X, the clan of X”) or dynamically (“From X came the X’s group”) to highlight origin or maintain Hebrew word order.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:17
For Arod , the clan of the Arodites; for Areli, the clan of the Arelites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:17, 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.26.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.17.W5.S1) and character.