BDB8954 H4940
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מִשְׁפָּחָה: 303 noun feminine clan (RSSemitic 1. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175 BaNB § 161 a); — absolute ׳מ Amos 3:1 +; construct מִשְׁפַּ֫חַת Judg 9:1 +; suffix מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי Gen 24:38 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁפָּחוֺת Nah 3:4 +; construct מִשְׁפְּחוֺת Amos 3:2 +; suffix מִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם Gen 8:19 + 2 t., usually תָם- Num 1:18 + 84 t., etc.; — 1. clan: a. family connection of individual
Gen 24:38 (+
בֵּיתאָֿבִי), v
Gen 24:40 ( +
id.), v
Gen 24:41 (all
J; =
מוֺלַדְתִּי v
Gen 24:4),
2Sam 14:7, united in sacrifice
1Sam 20:6;
1Sam 20:29, in passover
Exod 12:21 (
J E; compare
BenzEncy.Bib. PASSOVER, §§ 9, 12); compare
Lev 20:5 (
H),
Lev 25:10;
Lev 25:41 (
P), v
Lev 25:49 (
P; defined as
מִשְּׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֺ), non-Hebrew v
Lev 25:47 (
H), v
Lev 25:45(
P),
Judg 1:25 מִשְׁפְּחוֺתֶיהָ Josh 6:23 (
E or
R) is unintelligible, probably strike out (compare
Steuern Holz;
בֵּית אָבִיהָ in v
Josh 6:25 [
J]), compare
Num 27:4;
Num 27:11 (
P);
בֵּית אֲבִי אִמּוֺ ׳מ Judg 9:1 clan of his mother's father-house; including individuals, and included by
שֵׁבֶט 1Sam 9:21 (twice in verse);
1Sam 10:21 with specific name, in series
גֶבֶר,
בַּיִת,
׳מ,
שֵׁבֶט Josh 7:14 (twice in verse);
Josh 7:17 b, c (all
J; v
Josh 7:17 a read plural
Di Benn, or
שֵׁבֶט GFMJudg 13:2;
Steuern allows either); compare
Deut 29:17;
Judg 21:24,
׳אָבִי בְּיִשׂ ׳מ 1Sam 1:18 (+
חַיַּי, see II [
חַי];
בֵּיתשָֿׁאוּל ׳אִישׁמִ֗֗֗מּ 2Sam 16:5 with name also
Ruth 2:1;
Ruth 2:3 and (non-Israel)
Job 32:2.
b. in loose, popular sense= tribe,
Judg 13:2;
Judg 17:7;
Judg 18:19, compare v
Judg 18:2 (||
שֵׁבֶט v
Judg 18:1), v
Judg 18:11 (yet in these two read possibly plural, see
GFM).
c. techn. divisions of people of Israel
Num 11:10 (
J)
Jer 2:4;
Jer 31:1 compare
Jer 3:14;
Num 1:2;
Num 1:18;
Num 2:34;
Num 33:54 (all
P), so (post-exilic)
Neh 4:7:
Esth 9:28 (
מְדִינָה,
׳מ,
דּוֺר).
d. usually (
P)
technical divisions of tribes of Israel, Exod 6:14; Exod 6:15; Exod 6:25; Num 3:15 + 112 t. Numbers (93 t. Num 26, including vNum 3:43 where הַשּׁוּחָמִי apparently = Dan), 34 t. Josh 13-21; also 1Chr 6:4; 1Chr 6:45; 1Chr 7:5; division of Gershom, etc. (in Levi) Num 3:18; Num 3:19; Num 3:20 + 41 t. Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Chronicles; subdivisions of these divisions (in Levi) Num 3:21 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Num 3 + Num 4:18 compare (in other tribes) 1Chr 2:53; 1Chr 4:2; 1Chr 4:8; 1Chr 4:21; 1Chr 4:27; 1Chr 4:38; 1Chr 5:7 also Zech 12:12 b. c 13 b 14 a, and (distributive) vZech 12:12 a 14 b, pleonastic מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם ׳מ Num 36:6 compare vNum 36:8, and (׳א ׳מַטֵּה מ) vNum 36:12.
e. late, divinity of other peoples 1Chr 16:28 = Ps 96:7; Ps 22:28 in Edom Gen 36:40 (P). feminine in wider sense=people, nation; כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת תָאֲדָמָה Amos 3:2; Gen 12:3; Gen 28:14 (both J), compare Jer 10:25; Ezek 20:32; Nah 3:4 (all || גּוֺיִם), Zech 14:17; Jer 1:15; Jer 25:9 as one's posterity Gen 10:30; Gen 10:31; Gen 10:32 (all P), so probably vGen 10:5 (P; Di Dr); = all Israel Amos 3:1, Judah Mic 2:3; Jer 8:3 (הָרָעָה הַזּאֹת ׳הַמּ), Israel + Judah, ׳שְׁתֵּי הַמּ Jer 33:24 מִשְׁפַּחַת מִצְרַיִם Zech 14:18 compare Ps 107:41. 2. =
guild 1Chr 2:55 (of scribes; originally hereditary in families).
4. plural =
aristocrats Job 31:34 (compare English 'the classes').
שֻׁפִּים proper name, masculine see √ שׁפף.