משפחה

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משפחה

  • /miʃpaˈχa/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Perhaps related to שִׁפְחָה (shifkhá, “female slave”).

noun מִשְׁפָּחָה · mishpakhá · מִשְׁפָּחוֹת · מִשְׁפַּחַת־ · מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי

  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. family (a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank)

In English

  • family immediate family [as a group], e.g. parents and their children

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MLA

"משפחה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%97%D7%94. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

משפחה. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%97%D7%94

Chicago

"משפחה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%97%D7%94.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {משפחה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%97%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}