Numbers 4:40:3Num.4.40.W3TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם
lemishpekhotam
“by their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-KHOH-tahm
- IPA
- /ləmipəxoˈtaːm/
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
va-yi-HYU pe-ku-dei-HEM le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
va-yi-HYU pe-ku-dei-HEM le-mish-pe-KHO-tam le-VEIT a-vo-TAM al-PA-yeem ve-SHESH me-OT u-shlo-SHEEM
Exegesis
Two coordinated prepositional phrases, ləmišpəchōṯām {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-miš-pə-chōṯām} ‘by their clans’ and ləwêṯ ʼāwôtām {לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָם | lə-wêṯ ʼā-wō-tām} ‘by the house of their fathers,’ establish a dual-level classification—clan affiliation and household lineage.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pe-ḥet
“to join, clan”
In context — Numbers 4:40
And their counted ones by their clans and by the house of their fathers were 2,630.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 4:40, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם (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.4.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.40.W3.S1) and character.