מִשְׁפָּחָה

1. clan:
\ \ a. family connection of individual 1 Mos 24,38 (+ בֵּיתאָֿבִי), v1 Mos 24,40 ( + id.), v1 Mos 24,41 (all J; = מוֺלַדְתִּי v1 Mos 24,4), 2 Sam 14,7, united in sacrifice 1 Sam 20,6; 1 Sam 20,29, in passover 2 Mos 12,21 (J E; compare Benz^{Ency.Bib. PASSOVER, §§ 9, 12}); compare 3 Mos 20,5 (H), 3 Mos 25,10; 3 Mos 25,41 (P), v3 Mos 25,49 (P; defined as מִשְּׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֺ), non-Hebrew v3 Mos 25,47 (H), v3 Mos 25,45(P), Dom 1,25 מִשְׁפְּחוֺתֶיהָ Jos 6,23 (E or R) is unintelligible, probably strike out (compare Steuern Holz; בֵּית אָבִיהָ in vJos 6,25 [J]), compare 4 Mos 27,4; 4 Mos 27,11 (P); בֵּית אֲבִי אִמּוֺ ׳מ Dom 9,1 clan of his mother's father-house; including individuals, and included by שֵׁבֶט 1 Sam 9,21 (twice in verse); 1 Sam 10,21 with specific name, in series גֶבֶר, בַּיִת, ׳מ, שֵׁבֶט Jos 7,14 (twice in verse); Jos 7,17 b, c (all J; vJos 7,17 a read plural Di Benn, or שֵׁבֶט GFM^{Dom 13,2}; Steuern allows either); compare 5 Mos 29,17; Dom 21,24, ׳אָבִי בְּיִשׂ ׳מ 1 Sam 1,18 (+ חַיַּי, see II [חַי]; בֵּיתשָֿׁאוּל ׳אִישׁמִ֗֗֗מּ 2 Sam 16,5 with name also Rut 2,1; Rut 2,3 and (non-Israel) Job 32,2.
\ \ b. in loose, popular sense= tribe, Dom 13,2; Dom 17,7; Dom 18,19, compare vDom 18,2 (|| שֵׁבֶט vDom 18,1), vDom 18,11 (yet in these two read possibly plural, see GFM).
\ \ c. techn. divisions of people of Israel 4 Mos 11,10 (J) Jer 2,4; Jer 31,1 compare Jer 3,14; 4 Mos 1,2; 4 Mos 1,18; 4 Mos 2,34; 4 Mos 33,54 (all P), so (post-exilic) Neh 4,7: Est 9,28 (מְדִינָה, ׳מ, דּוֺר).
\ \ d. usually (P) technical divisions of tribes of Israel, 2 Mos 6,14; 2 Mos 6,15; 2 Mos 6,25; 4 Mos 3,15 + 112 t. Numbers (93 t. 4 Mos 26,1–200, including v4 Mos 3,43 where הַשּׁוּחָמִי apparently = Dan), 34 t. Josh 13-21; also 1 Kron 6,4; 1 Kron 6,45; 1 Kron 7,5; division of Gershom, etc. (in Levi) 4 Mos 3,18; 4 Mos 3,19; 4 Mos 3,20 + 41 t. Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Chronicles; subdivisions of these divisions (in Levi) 4 Mos 3,21 (twice in verse) + 6 t. 4 Mos 3,1–200 + 4 Mos 4,18 compare (in other tribes) 1 Kron 2,53; 1 Kron 4,2; 1 Kron 4,8; 1 Kron 4,21; 1 Kron 4,27; 1 Kron 4,38; 1 Kron 5,7 also Zak 12,12 b. c 13 b 14 a, and (distributive) vZak 12,12 a 14 b, pleonastic מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם ׳מ 4 Mos 36,6 compare v4 Mos 36,8, and (׳א ׳מַטֵּה מ) v4 Mos 36,12.
\ \ e. late, divinity of other peoples 1 Kron 16,28 = Sl 96,7; Sl 22,28 in Edom 1 Mos 36,40 (P). feminine in wider sense=people, nation; כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת תָאֲדָמָה Amos 3,2; 1 Mos 12,3; 1 Mos 28,14 (both J), compare Jer 10,25; Ezk 20,32; Nah 3,4 (all || גּוֺיִם), Zak 14,17; Jer 1,15; Jer 25,9 as one's posterity 1 Mos 10,30; 1 Mos 10,31; 1 Mos 10,32 (all P), so probably v1 Mos 10,5 (P; Di Dr); = all Israel Amos 3,1, Judah Mik 2,3; Jer 8,3 (הָרָעָה הַזּאֹת ׳הַמּ), Israel + Judah, ׳שְׁתֵּי הַמּ Jer 33,24 מִשְׁפַּחַת מִצְרַיִם Zak 14,18 compare Sl 107,41.

2. = guild 1 Kron 2,55 (of scribes; originally hereditary in families).

3. = species, kind:
\ \ a. of judgments Jer 15,3. b. animals 1 Mos 8,19 (P).

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