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Strong's #4940 - מִשְׁפָּחָה

Transliteration
mishpâchâh
Phonetics
mish-paw-khaw'
Origin
from (H8192) [compare (H8198)]
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TWOT
2442b
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) clan, family

1a) clan

1a1) family

1a2) tribe

1a3) people, nation

1b) guild

1c) species, kind

1d) aristocrats

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 1074 ‑ γενεά (ghen‑eh‑ah');  1078 ‑ γένεσις (ghen'‑es‑is);  1083 ‑ γέννησις (ghen'‑nay‑sis);  1085 ‑ γένος (ghen'‑os);  1218 ‑ δῆμος (day'‑mos);  1491 ‑ εἶδος (i'‑dos);  2819 ‑ κλῆρος (klay'‑ros);  2992 ‑ λαός (lah‑os');  3624 ‑ οἶκος (oy'‑kos);  3965 ‑ πατριά (pat‑ree‑ah');  3968 ‑ πατρίς (pat‑rece');  4772 ‑ συγγένεια (soong‑ghen'‑i‑ah);  4773 ‑ συγγενής (soong‑ghen‑ace');  5207 ‑ υἱός (hwee‑os');  5443 ‑ φυλή (foo‑lay');  
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Genesis 12
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Numbers 159
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1 Chronicles 19
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Genesis 12
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Nehemiah 1
Esther 2
Job 2
Psalms 3
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 1
Amos 2
Micah 1
Nahum 1
Zechariah 11
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Genesis 12
Leviticus 6
Numbers 159
Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 47
Judges 8
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 7
2 Samuel 2
1 Chronicles 20
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 1
Psalms 3
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 1
Amos 2
Micah 1
Nahum 1
Zechariah 9
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Genesis 12
Exodus 7
Leviticus 6
Numbers 158
Deuteronomy 1
Joshua 47
Judges 8
Ruth 2
1 Samuel 7
2 Samuel 2
1 Chronicles 19
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Job 2
Psalms 3
Jeremiah 9
Ezekiel 1
Amos 2
Micah 1
Nahum 1
Zechariah 10
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2863) hps (סהפהה ShPHh) AC: Join CO: ? AB: ?: [from: hp]

ef1 ) ehpis (סהיפההה ShYPHhH) - Maid: As joined to a mistress. KJV (63): handmaid, maid, maidservant, bondwoman, maiden, womanservant, bondmaid, servant, wench - Strongs: H8198 (שִׁפְחָה)

hf1) ehpsm (מסהפההה MShPHhH) - Family: As joined together. KJV (300): family, kindred, kinds - Strongs: H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 מִשְׁמָּחָה: 303 noun feminine clan (RS Semitic 1. 258,2nd ed. 276; K 149,2nd ed. 175 Ba NB § 161 a); — absolute ׳מ Amos 3:1 +; construct מִשְׁמַּ֫חַת Judges 9:1 +; suffix מִשְׁמַּחְתִּי Genesis 24:38 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁמָּחוֺת Nahum 3:4 +; construct מִשְׁמְּחוֺת Amos 3:2 +; suffix מִשְׁמְּחֹתֵיהֶם Genesis 8:19 2t., usually תָם- Numbers 1:18 84t., etc.; —

1 clan:

a. family connection of individual Genesis 24:38 (+ בֵּיתאָֿבִי), Genesis 24:40 ( + id.), Genesis 24:41 (all J; = מוֺלַדְתִּי Genesis 24:4), 2 Samuel 14:7, united in sacrifice 1 Samuel 20:6,29, in passover Exodus 12:21 (J E; compare Benz Ency.Bib. PASSOVER, §§ 9,12); compare Leviticus 20:5 (H), Leviticus 25:10,41 (P), Leviticus 25:49 (P; defined as מִשְּׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֺ), non-Hebrew Leviticus 25:47 (H), Leviticus 25:45(P), Judges 1:25; מִשְׁמְּחוֺתֶיהָ Joshua 6:23 (E or R) is unintelligible, probably strike out (compare Steuern Holz; בֵּיתאָבִיהָ in Joshua 6:25 [J]), compare Numbers 27:4,11 (P); בֵּית אֲבִי אִמּוֺ׳מ Judges 9:1 clan of his mother's father-house; including individuals, and included by שֵׁבֶט 1 Samuel 9:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:21; with specific name, in series גֶבֶר, בַּיִת, ׳מ, שֵׁבֶט Joshua 7:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 7:17b, c (all J; Joshua 7:17 a read plural Di Benn, or שֵׁבֶט GFM Judges 13:2; Steuern allows either); compare Deuteronomy 29:17; Judges 21:24, ׳אָבִי בְּיִשׂ׳מ 1 Samuel 1:18 (+ חַיַּי, see II [חַי]; בֵּיתשָֿׁאוּל׳אִישׁמִ֗֗֗מּ 2 Samuel 16:5; with name also Ruth 2:1,3and (non-Israel) Job 32:2.

b. in loose, popular sense= tribe, Judges 13:2; Judges 17:7; Judges 18:19, compare Judges 18:2 ("" שֵׁבֶט Judges 18:1), Judges 18:11 (yet in these two read possibly plural, see GFM).

c. techn. divisions of people of Israel Numbers 11:10 (J) Jeremiah 2:4; Jeremiah 31:1; compare Jeremiah 3:14; Numbers 1:2,18; Numbers 2:34; Numbers 33:54 (all P), so (post-exilic) Nehemiah 4:7: Esther 9:28 (מְדִינָה, ׳מ, דּוֺר).

d. usually (P) technical divisions of tribes of Israel, Exodus 6:14,15,25; Numbers 3:15 112t. Numbers (93t. Numbers 26, including Numbers 3:43 where הַשּׁוּחָמִי apparently = Dan), 34t. Joshua 13-21; also 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:45; 1 Chronicles 7:5; Zechariah 12:13; division of Gershom, etc. (in Levi) Numbers 3:18,19,20 41t. Exodus , Numbers , Joshua , Chronicles; subdivisions of these divisions (in Levi) Numbers 3:21 (twice in verse) + 6t. Numbers 3 + Numbers 4:18; compare (in other tribes) 1 Chronicles 2:53; 1 Chronicles 4:2,8,21,27,38; 1 Chronicles 5:7; also Zechariah 12:12b. c 13 b 14a, and (distributive) Zechariah 12:12 a 14b, pleonastic מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם׳מ Numbers 36:6 compare Numbers 36:8, and (׳א׳מַטֵּה מ) Numbers 36:12.

e. late, divinity of other peoples 1 Chronicles 16:28 = Psalm 96:7; Psalm 22:28; in Edom Genesis 36:40 (P).

f. in wider sense=people, nation; כֹּל מִשְׁמְּחֹת תָאֲדָמָה Amos 3:2; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 28:14 (both J), compare Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 20:32; Nahum 3:4 (all "" גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 14:17; Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 25:9; as one's posterity Genesis 10:30,31,32 (all P), so probably Genesis 10:5 (P; Di Dr); = all Israel Amos 3:1, Judah Micah 2:3; Jeremiah 8:3 (הָרָעָה הַזּאֹת׳הַמּ), Israel + Judah, ׳שְׁתֵּי הַמּ Jeremiah 33:24; מִשְׁמַּחַת מִצְרַיִם Zechariah 14:18; compare Psalm 107:41.

2 = guild 1 Chronicles 2:55 (of scribes; originally hereditary in families).

3 = species, kind:

a. of judgments Jeremiah 15:3.

b. animals Genesis 8:19 (P).

4 plural = aristocrats Job 31:34 (compare English 'the classes').

שֻׁמִּים

proper name, masculine see √ שׁפף.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מִשְׁפָּחָה constr. מִשְׁפַּחַת, with suff. מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי, pl. מִשְׁפָּחוֹת Psalms 107:41, constr. and with suff. מִשְׁפְּחוֹת f. (from the root שָׁפַח, which see).

(1) genus, kind (of animals), Genesis 8:19 also used of inanimate things, Jeremiah 15:3.

(2) gens, tribe, Genesis 10:18, 20 Genesis 10:20, 31 Genesis 10:31, 32 Genesis 10:32, 12:3 also used of a whole people, Ezekiel 20:32; Jeremiah 8:3, 25:9 Micah 2:3. In the subdivisions of the people of Israel

(3) in a narrower sense, it denotes specially a family, of which several were comprehended in one tribe (שֵׁבֶט), so on the other hand one family included several fathers’ houses (בֵּית אָבוֹת see p. 116, B ), Exodus 6:14, seq.; Numbers 1:2, 20, seq.; 26:5, seq.; Deuteronomy 29:17; Joshua 7:14, seq.; 21:5, seq.; 1 Samuel 20:29, זֶבַח מִשְׁפָּחָה לָנוּ “we have a family sacrifice.” It is sometimes less exactly put for שֵׁבֶט as Joshua 7:17, מִשְׁפַּחַת יְהוּדָה for the preceding שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה.


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List of Word Forms
בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם במשפחותיהם׃ במשפחותם הַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥ה הַמִּשְׁפָּחָֽה׃ הַמִּשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ המשפחה המשפחה׃ המשפחות וְהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֞ה וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה וּמִֽמִּשְׁפְּח֖וֹת וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם֙ וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת וּמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת וּמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת וּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת֙ וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת וּמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ וּמִשְׁפַּ֣חַת וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת וּמִשְׁפָּחָ֔ה ובמשפחתו והמשפחה ולמשפחה ולמשפחות ולמשפחתו וממשפחות וממשפחתם ומשפחה ומשפחות ומשפחת ומשפחתי כְּמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת כמשפחות לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖יו לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֗ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֥ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃ לְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַת לְמִשְׁפַּ֤חַת לְמִשְׁפַּ֥חַת לְמִשְׁפַּחַ֣ת לְמִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו לַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת למשפחות למשפחותיהם למשפחותם למשפחותם׃ למשפחת למשפחתיהם למשפחתיו למשפחתיכם למשפחתם למשפחתם׃ מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֗חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֛חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֣חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֪חַ֫ת מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּ֖י מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ מִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֨וֹת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֤ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙ מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י מִשְׁפַּחְתָּ֔ם מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת מִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת מִשְׁפָּח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּחָ֣ה מִשְׁפָּחָ֨ה מִשְׁפָּחָה֙ מִשְׁפָּחֹ֖ת מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ת מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹת׃ מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ ממשפחה ממשפחות ממשפחת ממשפחתו ממשפחתי ממשפחתם משפחה משפחות משפחות׃ משפחותיה משפחת משפחתו משפחתי משפחתם bə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯām bə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯê·hem bemishpechoTam bemishpechoteiHem bəmišpəḥōwṯām bəmišpəḥōwṯêhem ham·miš·pā·ḥāh ham·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ hammishpaChah hammishpaChot hammišpāḥāh hammišpāḥōwṯ kə·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ kemishpeChot kəmišpəḥōwṯ lam·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ lammishpaChot lammišpāḥōwṯ lə·miš·pa·ḥaṯ lə·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯāw lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯê·hem lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯê·ḵem lə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯām lə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯê·hem lə·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ lə·miš·pə·ḥōṯ lemishPachat lemishpaChot lemishpeChot lemishpechoTam lemishpechoTav lemishpechoteiChem lemishpeChoteiHem ləmišpaḥaṯ ləmišpāḥōwṯ ləmišpəḥōṯ ləmišpəḥōṯām ləmišpəḥōṯāw ləmišpəḥōṯêhem ləmišpəḥōṯêḵem ləmišpəḥōwṯ ləmišpəḥōwṯām ləmišpəḥōwṯêhem mim·miš·pā·ḥāh mim·miš·pa·ḥaṯ mim·miš·paḥ·tām mim·miš·paḥ·tî mim·miš·paḥ·tōw mim·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ mim·miš·pə·ḥōṯ mimishpaChah mimishPachat mimishpachTam mimishpachTi mimishpachTo mimishpeChot mimmišpāḥāh mimmišpaḥaṯ mimmišpaḥtām mimmišpaḥtî mimmišpaḥtōw mimmišpəḥōṯ mimmišpəḥōwṯ miš·pā·ḥāh miš·pa·ḥaṯ miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ miš·pā·ḥōṯ miš·paḥ·tām miš·paḥ·tî miš·paḥ·tōw miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯe·hā miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ miš·pə·ḥōṯ mishpaChah mishPachat mishpaChot mishpachTam mishpachTi mishpachTo mishpeChot mishpechoTam mishpechoTeiha mišpāḥāh mišpaḥaṯ mišpāḥōṯ mišpāḥōwṯ mišpaḥtām mišpaḥtî mišpaḥtōw mišpəḥōṯ mišpəḥōṯām mišpəḥōwṯ mišpəḥōwṯehā ū·ḇə·miš·paḥ·tōw ū·lə·miš·pā·ḥāh ū·lə·miš·paḥ·tōw ū·lə·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ ū·mim·miš·paḥ·tām ū·mim·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ ū·miš·pā·ḥāh ū·miš·pa·ḥaṯ ū·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ ū·miš·paḥ·tî ū·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ ūḇəmišpaḥtōw ulemishpaChah ulemishpachTo ulemishpeChot ūləmišpāḥāh ūləmišpaḥtōw ūləmišpəḥōwṯ umimishpachTam umimishpeChot ūmimmišpaḥtām ūmimmišpəḥōwṯ umishpaChah umishPachat umishpaChot umishpachTi umishpechOt ūmišpāḥāh ūmišpaḥaṯ ūmišpāḥōwṯ ūmišpaḥtî ūmišpəḥōwṯ uvemishpachTo vehammishpaChah wə·ham·miš·pā·ḥāh wəhammišpāḥāh
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