Numbers 4:44:3Num.4.44.W3TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם
lemishpekhotam
“by their clans”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pekho-TAM
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-khoh-TAM
- IPA
- /ləmip.pəxoˈtaːm/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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-pekho-TAM
- clause
va-yih-YU pe-ku-DEI-hem le-mish-pekho-TAM
- sentence
va-yih-YU pe-ku-DEI-hem le-mish-pekho-TAM she-LO-shet a-la-FIM u-ma-ta-YIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lemishpechotam {לְמִשְּׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם | ləmišpəḥōtām} ‘by their clans’ specifies the family divisions.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pe-ḥet
“to join, clan”
In context — Numbers 4:44
And the number of those counted by their clans was 3,200.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 4:44, 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.4.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.44.W3.S1) and character.