Numbers 26:20:5Num.26.20.W5TAB
מִשְׁפַּחַת
mishpakhat
“the clan”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pah-KHAHT
- IPA
- /miʃpaˈħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the clan
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-she-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-she-la-NAI le-fe-RETZ mish-pa-KHAT ha-par-TZI le-ze-RAKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-zar-KHI
- sentence
va-ye-HI-u be-NEI-ye-hu-DA le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-she-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-she-la-NAI le-fe-RETZ mish-pa-KHAT ha-par-TZI le-ze-RAKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-zar-KHI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lemishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ | lə-mish-pə-ḥō-tām} qualifies those “sons” by tribal subdivision. Each lamed + proper noun pair (leshelah, leperetz, lezerach) introduces a founder, followed by mishpachat + gentilic adjective (hashelani, hapartzi, hazarchi) in construct state, forming a chain that enumerates family groups. The Hebrew construct repetition underscores ordered genealogy; English preserves “clan of X” structure with punctuation (colon, semicolons, em dash) to reflect parallel listing.
Root and etymology
sh-p-ḥshin-pe-chet
“to join, be family”
In context — Numbers 26:20
And the sons of Judah were organized into clans : the clan of Shelah the Shelanite; the clan of Perez the Perezite; and the clan of Zerah the Zerahite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:20, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּחַת (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.26.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.20.W5.S1) and character.