Numbers 26:35:5Num.26.35.W5TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pah-KHAHT
- IPA
- /miʃ.paˈħat/
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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Word in context
- word
mish-pa-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pa-KHAT ha-shu-tal-KHI
- clause
E-le be-NEI-e-fra-YIM le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-shu-te-LAKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-shu-tal-KHI
- sentence
E-le be-NEI-e-fra-YIM le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-shu-te-LAKH mish-pa-KHAT ha-shu-tal-KHI le-VE-kher mish-pa-KHAT ha-VEKH-ri le-ta-KHAN mish-pa-KHAT ha-ta-KHA-ni
Exegesis
Three parallel units follow: each preposition plus name (le-Shuthelah {לְשׁוּתֶ֗לַח | lə-šū-te-lā-ḥ} ‘of Shuthelah’, le-Becher {לְבֶ֕כֶר | lə-be-ḵer} ‘of Becher’, le-Tahan {לְתַ֕חַן | lə-ta-ḥān} ‘of Tahan’) is paired with a construct genitive mishpachat ha-X {מִשְׁפַּחַת הַX | miš-pā-ḥaṯ ha-X} indicating ‘the clan of the X’ (ha-Shutalchi, ha-Becherite, ha-Tachani). This coordinated pattern underscores genealogical parallelism and distinct clan identities.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:35
These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans : of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahite; of Becher, the clan of the Becherite; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:35, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת (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.26.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.35.W5.S1) and character.