Numbers 4:41:3Num.4.41.W3TAB
מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙
mishpekhot
“the clans of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mihsh-peh-KHOT
- IPA
- /miʃ.pəˈħot/
Meaning by language
- English
- the clans 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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
mish-pe-KHOT
- clause
E-le fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI ger-SHON kol-ha-o-VED be-O-hel mo-ED
- sentence
E-le fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI ger-SHON kol-ha-o-VED be-O-hel mo-ED a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct chain p’kudei mishpechot {פְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙ | pə·qū·ḏê miš·pə·ḥōṯ} ‘numberings of clans’ defines the Levitical groupings, with b’nei Gershon {בְּנֵ֣י גֵרְשׁ֔וֹן | bə·nē Gêr·šōn} narrowing it to Gershon’s descendants.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pe-ḥet
“to extend; to spread out”
In context — Numbers 4:41
These are the numberings of the clans of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:41:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 4:41, 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.4.41.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.41.W3.S1) and character.