מִֽ/מִּשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת
𐤌/𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕
mishpâchâh
families
A social or kinship group consisting of relatives connected by descent, typically comprising an extended family within a broader clan or tribal structure. The term primarily refers to a subdivision within a tribe, indicating a group of closely related families. In specific contexts, it can also denote a grouping by kind or category (not limited to people), though its primary sense is familial. The word can be used for both human and animal groupings, and occasionally for classes or categories of objects, but its principal application throughout the Hebrew Bible is to kinship units within the Israelite tribal system.
Numbers 36:12 · Word #1
Lexicon H4940
| Lemma | מִשְׁפָּחָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤄 |
| Transliteration | mishpâchâh |
| Strong's | H4940 |
| Definition | A social or kinship group consisting of relatives connected by descent, typically comprising an extended family within a broader clan or tribal structure. The term primarily refers to a subdivision within a tribe, indicating a group of closely related families. In specific contexts, it can also denote a grouping by kind or category (not limited to people), though its primary sense is familial. The word can be used for both human and animal groupings, and occasionally for classes or categories of objects, but its principal application throughout the Hebrew Bible is to kinship units within the Israelite tribal system. |
Morphology HR/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 |
Common Translation
| Phrase | families |
SIBI-P1 Translation H4940-20
from joined clans of
| Morphological Notes | Preposition מִן (assimilated) + feminine plural construct noun; common noun, feminine, plural, construct state. |
| Rendering Rationale | The base noun מִשְׁפָּחָה denotes a kinship group formed by joined or connected relatives; the plural construct מִשְׁפְּחוֹת preserves the sense of multiple extended family units. The prefixed מִן (assimilated) adds the prepositional sense "from," yielding "from joined clans of." |
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