- מִשְׂפָּחָה
- מִשְׂפָּחָהf. (b. h.; שפח, cmp. ספח) family, kinship. Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Noah 24 (play on שפה, Gen. 11:1) מ׳ אחת one kinship (all equally bad, cmp. preced. w.). B. Bath. 109b מִשְׁפַּחַת אב קרויה מ׳ the fathers kinship is called ones family (not the mothers). Eduy. VIII, 7; Kidd.71a משפחת ביתוכ׳ (not משפחות) a family named Beth ; a. fr.Pl. מִשְׁפָּחוֹת. Tosef.Naz.I, 3, a. e., v. גָּלָה; a. fr.
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