Numbers 26:41:3Num.26.41.W3TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם
lemishpekhotam
“according to their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-kho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAM
- IPA
- /ləmip.ʃpəxoˈtam/
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
- phraseyour reading level
le-mish-pe-kho-TAM uf-ke-de-HEM
- clause
le-mish-pe-kho-TAM uf-ke-de-HEM kha-MESH-ve-ar-ba-IM A-lef
- sentence
E-leh be-NEI-bin-ya-MIN le-mish-pe-kho-TAM uf-ke-de-HEM kha-MESH-ve-ar-ba-IM A-lef
Exegesis
The construct chain bnei-vinyamin {בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִ֖ן | bə-nē bin-yā-min} ‘sons of Benjamin’ serves as the head noun phrase identifying tribal affiliation, followed by the attributive prepositional phrase le-mishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם | lə-mish-pā-chō-tām} ‘according to their clans’, which qualifies the enumeration by clan groups.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:41
These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and their numbered ones totaled 45,600.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:41:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 26:41, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם (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.26.41.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.41.W3.S1) and character.