Numbers 26:23:3Num.26.23.W3TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ləmip.pəxoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to their clans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- clause
be-NEI yi-sa-sKAR le-mish-pe-kho-TAM to-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-to-la-I
- sentence
be-NEI yi-sa-sKAR le-mish-pe-kho-TAM to-LA mish-pa-KHAT ha-to-la-I le-fu-VA mish-pa-KHAT ha-fu-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḵō-tam} ‘according to their clans’ sets up the enumeration framework.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:23
The sons of Issachar according to their clans : Tola—the clan of the Tolaite, and Puvah—the clan of the Punite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 26:23, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם (lemishpekhotam) 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.26.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.23.W3.S1) and character.