Numbers 4:45:3Num.4.45.W3TAB
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת
mishpekhot
“of the clans”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mish-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miʃ.pəˈħot/
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
E-le fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI
- sentence
E-le fe-ku-DEI mish-pe-KHOT be-NEI me-ra-RI a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHE ve-a-ha-RON al-PI Ye-ho-VAH be-YAD-mo-SHE
Exegesis
The verse opens with the demonstrative eleh {אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾêl-leh} ‘these’, introducing p'kudei mishpechot benei Merari {פְקוּדֵי מִשְׁפְּחֹת בְּנֵי מְרָרִי | pə-qû-ḏê miš-pə-ḥôṯ bə-nê mə-rā-rî} ‘records of the clans of the sons of Merari’ as the subject.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pe-ḥet
“to join, clan”
In context — Numbers 4:45
These are the records of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:45:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 4:45, 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.4.45.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.45.W3.S1) and character.