Numbers 26:49:5Num.26.49.W5TAB
מִשְׁפַּחַת
mishpakhat
“the clan of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pa-KHAT
- Extended
- mish-pah-KHAT
- 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
- sentence
le-YE-tser mish-pa-KHAT ha-yits-REE le-shil-LEM mish-pa-KHAT ha-shil-LE-mi
Exegesis
Each clause continues with a construct phrase—mishpachat hayitsri {מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיִּצְרִ֑י | miš-pā-ḥat ha-yi-ṣri} and mishpachat hashlilemi {מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשִּׁלֵּמִֽי | miš-pā-ḥat ha-šil-lê-mî}—‘clan of the Yetserite’ and ‘clan of the Shillemite’. The repetition establishes chiastic parallelism that places equal emphasis on both lineages. The definite article with gentilic adjectives specifies descent from each ancestor. In formal English, ‘of’ preserves the Hebrew construct nuance, whereas ‘through’ in dynamic conveys a sense of lineage and relational participation.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to spread out; extend”
In context — Numbers 26:49
Of Yetser, the clan of the Yetserite; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemite .
About this coordinate
Numbers 26:49:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 26:49, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּחַת (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.26.49.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.26.49.W5.S1) and character.