Numbers 26:21:7Num.26.21.W7TAB
מִשְׁפַּחַת
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
le-kha-MUL mish-pa-KHAT ha-kha-mu-LEE
- sentence
va-ye-HI-yu be-NEI-PE-retz le-khets-RON mish-pa-KHAT ha-khets-ro-NEE le-kha-MUL mish-pa-KHAT ha-kha-mu-LEE
Exegesis
Two parallel clauses introduce subtribes by the preposition le {לְ | lə} ‘to’ before hetsron {חֶצְרֹ֕ן | ḥeṣrôn} and hamul {חָמוּל | ḥāmûl}, each linked to mishpakhath {מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת־ | mišpakhath} ‘clan of’ with gentilic adjectives hetsroni {חֶצְרוֹנִ֑י | ḥeṣrônî} and hamuli {הֶחָמוּלִֽי | hāmûlî}. The balanced construct structure highlights equal status of the two subtribes. In English, the narrative marker is rendered in past tense, and Hebrew construct chains are conveyed through of-phrases and prepositional phrases to preserve genealogical relationships.
Root and etymology
shin-pe-khetsh-p-ḥ
“to spread, be related”
In context — Numbers 26:21
And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronite ; and of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 26:21, 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.26.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.21.W7.S1) and character.