Numbers 27:1:8Num.27.1.W8TAB

לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת

lemishpekhot

“of the clans”

Transliteration: le-mish-pe-KHOT
Extended: leh-mish-peh-KHOT
IPA: /ləmiʃpəˈħot/

Meaning by language

English: of the clans

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

לְ + מִשְׁ + פְּ + חֹ֖ת

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le + mish + pe + khot

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lemishpekhot

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

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The word

Word in context

word
le-mish-pe-KHOT
clause
va-tik-RAV-na be-NOT tsel-af-KHAD ben-KHE-fer ben-gil-AD ben-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH le-mish-pe-KHOT me-na-SHEH ven-yo-SEF
sentence
va-tik-RAV-na be-NOT tsel-af-KHAD ben-KHE-fer ben-gil-AD ben-ma-KHIR ben-me-na-SHEH le-mish-pe-KHOT me-na-SHEH ven-yo-SEF ve-E-le she-MOT be-no-TAV makh-LA no-A ve-khogh-LA u-mil-KA ve-tir-TSA

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase lemishpakhot menasheh ben-yosef {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת מְנַשֶּׁה בֶּן־יוֹסֵ֑ף | lə-mišpāḥōṯ mənaššēh ben-yōsep̄} indicates clan affiliation.

In context — Numbers 27:1

Then the daughters of Zelophehad , the son of Hepher, the son of Gilʿad, the son of Makhir, the son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph, came forward. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirtzah.

About this coordinate

Numbers 27:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 27:1, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת (lemishpekhot) 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.27.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.27.1.W8.S1) and character.

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