Zechariah 14:17:5Zech.14.17.W5TAB
מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת
mishpekhot
“families of”
- Transliteration
- mish-pe-KHOT
- Extended
- mihsh-peh-KHOHT
- IPA
- /miʃ.pəˈħoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- families 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mish-pe-KHOT
- phraseyour reading level
me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets
- clause
ve-ha-YA a-SHER lo-ya-a-LE me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT
- sentence
ve-ha-YA a-SHER lo-ya-a-LE me-ET mish-pe-KHOT ha-A-rets el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im le-hish-ta-kha-VOT le-ME-lekh Ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT ve-LO a-LE-hem yih-HE ha-GA-shem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mishpechot ha-aretz {מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | mish-pə-ḥōt hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘families of the earth’ defines the universal subject.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–pe–chet
“to join, gather”
In context — Zechariah 14:17
And it will be that whoever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to bow down to the King, the LORD of hosts , there will be no rain upon them.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Zechariah 14:17, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת (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 Zech.14.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.17.W5.S1) and character.