Numbers 26:28:2Num.26.28.W2TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם
lemishpekhotam
“by their families”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-KHOH-tahm
- IPA
- /ləmip.pəxoˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their families
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
- sentence
be-NEI-YO-sef le-mish-pe-KHO-tam me-na-SHEH ve-ef-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-tām} marks the tribal divisions, combining the preposition lamed with the feminine plural construct mishpachot and a 3rd person plural pronominal suffix.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:28
The sons of Joseph by their clans were Manasseh and Ephraim.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 26:28, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם (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.26.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.28.W2.S1) and character.