Numbers 26:39:2Num.26.39.W2TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- meesh-pa-KHAHAT
- IPA
- /miʃpaˈħat/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pa-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
mish-pa-KHAT hash-fu-fa-MI le-khu-FAM
- sentence
lish-fu-FAM mish-pa-KHAT hash-fu-fa-MI le-khu-FAM mish-pa-KHAT ha-khu-pa-MI
Exegesis
Construct chains mishpachat {מִשְׁפַּחַת | mišpāḥat} ‘clan’ plus gentilic suffix -mi {מִֽי | mî} form tribal subdivisions in hashuphammi/hachufhammi. The repetitive structure underscores equal status of each clan. English renders these as a coordinated SVO sequence for clarity.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to spread, branch”
In context — Numbers 26:39
Through Shupham, the clan of the Shuphamite ; through Hupham, the clan of the Huphamite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 26:39, 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.26.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.39.W2.S1) and character.