Etymology?:
from šāfā שָׁפָה ‘be bare’, compare šifḥā שִׁפְחָה ‘maidservant’
Roots:
שׁפה
mišpāḥā n, f
1) clan, family
1a) clan
1a1) family
1a2) tribe
1a3) people, nation
1b) guild
1c) species, kind
1d) aristocrats
Mentioned in Genesis 24:38, 24:40, 12:3, 28:14, 24:41, 10:18, 10:32, 10:5, 10:20, 10:31, 36:40, 8:19 Exodus 6:14, 6:25, 6:24, 6:15, 12:21, 6:19, 6:17 Codex Leviticus 25:41, 25:47, 25:49, 25:10, 25:45, 20:5 Numbers 1:2, 1:18, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:26, 1:28, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:36, 1:38, 1:40, 1:42, 2:34, 3:15, 3:20, 3:30, 3:35, 4:2, 4:22, 4:29, 4:34, 4:38, 4:40, 4:42, 4:46, 27:4, 27:11, 33:54, 36:1, 36:6, 36:8, 36:12, 4:28, 4:33, 4:37, 4:41, 11:10, 3:39, 4:45, 26:16, 26:38, 3:23, 26:26, 26:30, 4:18, 3:18, 3:21, 3:27, 3:33, 26:7, 26:14, 26:18, 26:22, 26:25, 26:27, 26:34, 26:35, 26:36, 26:37, 26:41, 26:42, 26:47, 26:50, 26:57, 26:58, 27:1, 4:36, 4:44, 26:43, 26:28, 26:17, 26:40, 26:44, 26:31, 26:29, 26:5, 3:19, 3:29, 26:12, 26:15, 26:20, 26:21, 26:23, 26:45, 26:48, 4:24, 26:13, 26:39, 26:32, 26:6, 26:49, 26:24 Deuteronomy 29:17 Joshua 6:23, 17:2, 15:1, 13:31, 21:4, 21:10, 19:8, 19:16, 19:31, 19:48, 18:28, 16:5, 16:8, 21:5, 21:20, 7:14, 19:24, 21:6, 7:17, 18:20, 21:27, 21:34, 18:11, 18:21, 13:15, 13:23, 13:24, 13:28, 13:29, 15:12, 15:20, 19:1, 19:10, 19:17, 19:23, 19:32, 19:39, 19:40, 21:7, 21:26, 21:40, 21:33 Judges 9:1, 18:19, 13:2, 1:25, 18:2, 18:11, 21:24, 17:7 1 Samuel 18:18, 20:6, 20:29, 9:21, 10:21 2 Samuel 14:7, 16:5 Jeremiah 3:14, 1:15, 10:25, 15:3, 25:9, 31:1, 33:24, 8:3, 2:4 Ezekiel 20:32 Amos 3:2, 3:1 Micah 2:3 Nahum 3:4 Zechariah 14:17, 14:18, 12:12, 12:13, 12:14 Psalms 107:41, 22:28, 96:7 Job 32:2, 31:34 Ruth 2:3, 2:1 Esther 9:28 Nehemiah 4:7 1 Chronicles 2:55, 4:21, 4:38, 6:4, 6:39, 4:27, 5:7, 7:5, 4:2, 4:8, 2:53, 6:51, 6:47, 6:45, 6:55, 6:56, 6:46, 6:48, 16:28