וּ/מִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת

𐤅/𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤅𐤕

umishepechot

and families

from שָׁפָה (compare שִׁפְחָה); a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people; family, kind(-red).

H4940

1 Chronicles 4:21 · Word #11

Lexicon H4940

Lemmaמִשְׁפָּחָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤄
Transliterationmishpâchâh
Strong'sH4940
In-contextand families

Morphology HC/Ncfpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H4940-39

and clan-groups of

Morphological NotesConjunction וּ + noun common feminine plural construct (מִשְׁפְּחוֹת) from מִשְׁפָּחָה. Construct state indicates a following genitive relationship (“families of…”).
Rendering RationaleThe noun מִשְׁפְּחוֹת is feminine plural construct, so it is rendered with an explicit plural form (“clan-groups”) and the construct sense (“of”) preserved. The prefixed conjunction וּ is reflected by “and.” “Clan-groups” retains the idea of an extended family unit that has spread out from a common source, reflecting the root sense of expansion.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שׁפח (to spread out, to pour forth, to extend, clan-expansion)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H4940-01 bemishepechotam in their extended-clans
H4940-02 bemishepechoteyhem within their spread-out clans
H8198-01 beshifechatekha with your household-maid

Word Usage (304 occurrences of H4940)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 8:19 לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵי/הֶ֔ם lemishepechoteyhem according to their families
Genesis 10:5 לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖/ם lemishepechotam according to their families
Genesis 10:18 מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת mishepechot families