Numbers 4:46:9Num.4.46.W9TAB
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם
lemishpekhotam
“by their families”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-pe-KHO-tam
- Extended
- leh-mish-peh-KHOH-tahm
- IPA
- /ləmiʃ.pəxɔˈtam/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their families
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
le-mish-pe-KHO-tam u-le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
- sentence
KOL-ha-pe-ku-DEEM a-SHER pa-KAD mo-SHEH ve-a-ha-RON u-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL ET-hal-vi-YIM le-mish-pe-KHO-tam u-le-VEIT a-vo-TAM
Exegesis
The final parallel prepositional phrases lə-mišpāḥōṯām {לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם | lə-mišpāḥōṯām} ‘by their clans’ and ulə-ḇêṯ ’āḇōtām {וּלְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָֽם | ulə-ḇêṯ ’āḇōtām} ‘and by the houses of their fathers’ emphasize dual classification by clan and paternal household. English translation preserves the Hebrew’s subordinate and coordinate clauses to maintain focus on collective authority and genealogical order.
Root and etymology
š-p-ḥshin-pe-ḥet
“to join, clan”
In context — Numbers 4:46
All the counted ones whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel counted, the Levites, by their clans and by the houses of their fathers.
About this coordinate
Numbers 4:46:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 4:46, 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.4.46.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.4.46.W9.S1) and character.