Numbers 3:39:9Num.3.39.W9TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם
lemishpekhotam
“by their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-KHO-taM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-KHOH-tahm
- IPA
- /ləmiʃ.pəxoˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their clans
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mish-pe-KHO-taM
- clause
KOL-pe-ku-DEI hal-vi-YIM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-pe-KHO-taM
- sentence
KOL-pe-ku-DEI hal-vi-YIM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-pe-KHO-taM KOL-za-KHAR mi-BEN-KHO-desh va-MA-la she-NA-yim ve-es-RIM A-lef
Exegesis
LeMishpechotam {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-ḥō-ṯā-ṯām} ‘by their families’ delineates tribal subunits.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־ח
“to branch”
In context — Numbers 3:39
All those counted from among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of the LORD , by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand .
About this coordinate
Numbers 3:39:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 3:39, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (lemishpekhotam) 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.3.39.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.3.39.W9.S1) and character.