Numbers 3:33:2Num.3.33.W2TAB
מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙
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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Word in context
- word
mish-pa-KHAT
- clause
li-me-ra-RI mish-pa-KHAT ha-makh-LI u-mish-pa-KHAT ha-mu-SHI
- sentence
li-me-ra-RI mish-pa-KHAT ha-makh-LI u-mish-pa-KHAT ha-mu-SHI E-le HEM mish-pe-KHOT me-ra-RI
Exegesis
This is followed by the construct phrases mishpachat hamachli {מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת הַמַּחְלִ֔י | mĭš-pə-ḥat hammăḥ-lî} ‘clan of the Mahlite’ and mishpachat hamushi {מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמּוּשִׁ֑י | mĭš-pə-ḥat hammû-šî} ‘clan of the Mushite,’ connected by the conjunction ū {וּ | ū} ‘and.’
The emphatic pair eleh hem {אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם | ʾêl-leh hēm} ‘these are’ introduces a summary clause, and the final construct mishpechot merari {מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מְרָרִֽי | mĭš-pə-ḥō-t mə-rā-rî} ‘clans of Merari’ restates the Levitical subdivision. English syntax is rendered in standard subject-verb-object order while preserving the original emphasis on Merari’s tribal allocation.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to branch”
In context — Numbers 3:33
To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlite and the clan of the Mushite; these are the clans of Merari .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 3:33, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ (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.3.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.33.W2.S1) and character.