Numbers 4:33:3Num.4.33.W3TAB
מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙
mishpekhot
“of the clans”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mish-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miʃpəˈxot/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the clans
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 | |
| 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
mish-pe-KHOT
- clause
ZOT a-vo-DAT mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI le-KHOL-a-vo-da-TAM be-O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
ZOT a-vo-DAT mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI le-KHOL-a-vo-da-TAM be-O-hel mo-ED be-YAD i-ta-MAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN
Exegesis
It proceeds with the construct chain avodat mishpechot bnei Merari {עֲבֹדַת מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֔י | ă-vo-ḏaṯ miš-pə-ḥōṯ bə-nē mə-rā-rî} ‘service of the families of the sons of Merari’, where nested constructs specify the Levitical clan.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pe-ḥet
“to join, clan”
In context — Numbers 4:33
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari for all their work in the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 4:33, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙ (mishpekhot) 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.4.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.33.W3.S1) and character.