Numbers 4:42:2Num.4.42.W2TAB
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת
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
u-fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI
- sentence
u-fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI le-mish-pe-kho-TAM le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
This is followed by the construct chain mishpechot benei Merari {מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי מְרָרִי | miš-pə-ḥōṯ bənê mə-rārî} ‘families of the sons of Merari’, where mishpechot {מִשְׁפְּחֹת | miš-pə-ḥōṯ} governs benei {בְּנֵי | bənê}.
Root and etymology
ש־פ־חsh-p-ch
“to join together, unite”
In context — Numbers 4:42
And the ones numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families and by their father’s house .
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:42:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 4:42, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת (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.4.42.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.42.W2.S1) and character.