Numbers 26:22:2Num.26.22.W2TAB
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת
mishpekhot
“the clans”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mish-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miʃ.pəˈħot/
Meaning by language
- English
- the clans
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pe-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT ye-hu-DAH
- clause
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT ye-hu-DAH lif-ku-dei-HEM
- sentence
E-leh mish-pe-KHOT ye-hu-DAH lif-ku-dei-HEM shi-SHAH ve-shiv-EEM E-lef va-kha-MESH mei-OT ve-shiv-AH
Exegesis
It is followed by mishpechot {מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת | miš-pə-ḥôṯ} ‘clans’ in construct with Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | Yə-hū-dāh} ‘Judah’, creating a genitive chain that specifies the tribal subdivisions.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pei-chet
“to join, spread out”
In context — Numbers 26:22
These are the clans of Judah; those numbered were seventy-six thousand five hundred.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 26:22, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת (mishpekhot) 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.26.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.22.W2.S1) and character.