Numbers 26:47:2Num.26.47.W2TAB
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת
mishpekhot
“the clans”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mish-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miʃ.pəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the clans
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 | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
mish-pe-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
E-le mish-pe-KHOT
- clause
E-le mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-a-SHER
- sentence
E-le mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI-a-SHER lif-ku-de-HEM she-lo-SHA ve-kha-mi-SHIM u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The phrase elleh mishpechot benei Asher {אֵ֛לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת בְּנֵי־אָשֵׁ֖ר} uses the Hebrew construct chain to express “clans of the sons of Asher,” where elleh {אֵ֛לֶּה | ʾê-leh} introduces the subject and mishpechot {מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת | miš-pe-ḥō-ṯôt} functions as the head noun in the feminine plural absolute.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Peh-Chet
“to unite as a family”
In context — Numbers 26:47
These were the clans of the sons of Asher ; according to their census registration , they numbered 53,400.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:47:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 26:47, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת (mishpekhot) 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.26.47.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.47.W2.S1) and character.