מִשְׁפְּחֹ֔ת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִשְׁפְּחֹ֔ת

   mish-pe-KHOT

   the clans of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֵ֤לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֔ת

   E-le mish-pe-KHOT

   these the clans of
3. clause🔊 אֵ֤לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֔ת מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה

   E-le mish-pe-KHOT me-na-SHE

   these the clans of Manasseh
4. sentence🔊 אֵ֤לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֔ת מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֗ם שְׁנַיִם֙ וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמְאַ֥ת וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה אָֽלֶף וְשִׁבְעֵ֥ר שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֥ת וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים פְּרִֽי

   E-le mish-pe-KHOT me-na-SHE u-pek-u-de-HEM she-NA-yim va-kha-mi-SHIM u-me-AT ve-shiv-A A-lef ve-shiv-EIR sha-NA u-me-AT ve-es-RIM pe-REE

   these the clans of Manasseh and those counted were two and fifty and a hundred and seven thousand and seventy years and a hundred and twenty fruit

Exegesis

The verse opens with the demonstrative eleh {אֵ֖לֶּה | ʾêl-leh} introducing the subject, followed by mishpechot {מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת | miš-pə-ḥôṯ} in the absolute state and menasheh {מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה | mə-naš-šeh} in construct to mark tribal affiliation.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־פ־חshin-peh-chet

“to spread out”