Numbers 26:48:5Num.26.48.W5TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pah-KHAT
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pa-KHAT
- phraseyour reading level
le-mish-pe-kho-TAM le-yakh-tse-EL mish-pa-KHAT hai-yakh-tse-e-LI
- sentence
be-NEI naf-ta-LI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM le-yakh-tse-EL mish-pa-KHAT hai-yakh-tse-e-LI le-gu-NI mish-pa-KHAT ha-gu-NI
Exegesis
Each lineage then uses the pattern preposition lə {לְ | lə} ‘to’ plus the ancestor’s name (e.g., lə-yaḥ-ṣē-ʾêl {לְיַחְצְאֵל | lə-yaḥ-ṣē-ʾêl} ‘to Yachzeel’) and the construct noun miš-pā-ḥāṯ {מִשְׁפַּחַת | miš-pā-ḥāṯ} ‘clan of’ with the gentilic adjective ha-yaḥ-ṣē-ʾê-lî {הַיַּחְצְאֵלִי | ha-yaḥ-ṣē-ʾê-lî} ‘the Yachzeelite.’ This repeating formula is characteristic of Hebrew genealogical lists and emphasizes tribal identity and familial association.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to join together”
In context — Numbers 26:48
The descendants of Naphtali by their clans: of Yachzeel, the clan of the Yachzeelite ; and of Guni, the clan of the Gunite.
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:48:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:48, 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.26.48.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.48.W5.S1) and character.