See also: משפּחה

Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
שׁ־פ־ח (sh-p-kh)
2 terms

Perhaps related to שִׁפְחָה (shifkhá, female slave).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpakháf (plural indefinite מִשְׁפָּחוֹת, singular construct מִשְׁפַּחַת־) [pattern: מִקְטָלָה]

  1. family (a group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family)
  2. (biology, taxonomy) family (a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank)

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Yiddish

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Noun

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משפחה (mishpokhef

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of משפּחה (mishpokhe).