Numbers 26:45:4Num.26.45.W4TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pah-KHAHT
- 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
- clause
liv-NEI be-ri-AH le-KHE-ver mish-pa-KHAT ha-khev-RI
- sentence
liv-NEI be-ri-AH le-KHE-ver mish-pa-KHAT ha-khev-RI lim-le-EL mish-pa-KHAT ham-le-e-LI
Exegesis
Each chain pairs the personal name with mishpachat {מִשְׁפַּחַת | mîš-pā-ḥaṯ} 'clan of' followed by the gentilic adjective in the definite state (hakevri {הַחֶבְרִי | ha-ḥe-vrî} 'the Heberite', hamalki’eli {הַמַּלְכִּיאֵלִי | ha-mmal-kî-ʾê-lî} 'the Malkielite').
The repetition of mishpachat {מִשְׁפַּחַת | mîš-pā-ḥaṯ} serves as a structural marker for subgroup identity, while the sequence of lamed prefixes such as livnei {לִבְנֵי | lî-ḇə-nê} 'for the sons of' ties each clan back to Beriah. The Hebrew syntax’s compactness facilitates efficient lineage cataloging, which is rendered in English by using "of" and coordinating conjunctions to preserve hierarchical descent.
Root and etymology
sh-p-ḥshin-pe-ḥet
“clan, extended family”
In context — Numbers 26:45
Of the sons of Beriah, of Heber the clan of the Heberite, and of Malkiel the clan of the Malkielite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:45:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 26:45, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת (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.26.45.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.45.W4.S1) and character.