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Strong's H4940 מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpachah)

Mishpachah means “family” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4940 — syntynchano (“come at”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4940
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 224
Books 21

Strong's H4940 Quick Answer

Strong's H4940 מִשׁפָּחָה (mishpachah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') n-f. 1. a family, i.e. circle of relatives 2. (figuratively) a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things) It has 224 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include family, their, my, were, and tribe. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') n-f. 1. a family, i.e. circle of relatives 2. (figuratively) a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things)
Usage
224 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
family, their, my, were, and tribe

Meaning and Definition

mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') n-f. 1. a family, i.e. circle of relatives 2. (figuratively) a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things) 3. by extens. a tribe or people [from H8192] KJV: family, kind(-red). Root(s): H8192 Compare: H8198

Original Word
מִשׁפָּחָה
Transliteration
mishpachah
Derivation
Root: שׁפח First root strongs: 8192
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4940. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4940 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mishpachah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

family Leviticus 20:5 42× their Genesis 8:19 my Genesis 24:38 tribe Numbers 4:18 were Genesis 10:32

How Strong's H4940 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 224 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4940 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4940 in the Old Testament

224 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 8:19 KJV

Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

Genesis 10:5 KJV

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Genesis 10:18 KJV

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4940.

Genesis 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Genesis 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Genesis 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
Genesis 10:31 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis 10:32 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 24:38 Old Testament, KJV
But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Genesis 24:40 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
Genesis 24:41 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Genesis 28:14 Old Testament, KJV
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 36:40 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
Exodus 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
Exodus 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
Exodus 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
Exodus 6:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
Exodus 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
Exodus 6:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
Exodus 12:21 Old Testament, KJV
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
Leviticus 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Leviticus 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Leviticus 25:41 Old Testament, KJV
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Leviticus 25:45 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Leviticus 25:47 Old Testament, KJV
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Leviticus 25:49 Old Testament, KJV
Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
Numbers 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
Numbers 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Numbers 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:24 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:28 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:30 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:32 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:34 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:36 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:38 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:40 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 1:42 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
Numbers 3:18 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
Numbers 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Numbers 3:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Numbers 3:21 Old Testament, KJV
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Numbers 3:23 Old Testament, KJV
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
Numbers 3:27 Old Testament, KJV
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Numbers 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Numbers 3:30 Old Testament, KJV
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Numbers 3:33 Old Testament, KJV
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Numbers 3:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
Numbers 3:39 Old Testament, KJV
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Numbers 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Numbers 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
Numbers 4:24 Old Testament, KJV
This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
Numbers 4:28 Old Testament, KJV
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 4:29 Old Testament, KJV
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
Numbers 4:33 Old Testament, KJV
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Numbers 4:34 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:36 Old Testament, KJV
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
Numbers 4:37 Old Testament, KJV
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 4:38 Old Testament, KJV
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:40 Old Testament, KJV
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Numbers 4:41 Old Testament, KJV
These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
Numbers 4:42 Old Testament, KJV
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:44 Old Testament, KJV
Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 4:45 Old Testament, KJV
These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 4:46 Old Testament, KJV
All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Numbers 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
Numbers 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
Numbers 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
Numbers 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
Numbers 26:12 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
Numbers 26:13 Old Testament, KJV
Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
Numbers 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
Numbers 26:16 Old Testament, KJV
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
Numbers 26:17 Old Testament, KJV
Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
Numbers 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 26:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
Numbers 26:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Numbers 26:22 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 26:23 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
Numbers 26:24 Old Testament, KJV
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
Numbers 26:25 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
Numbers 26:26 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
Numbers 26:27 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 26:28 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Numbers 26:29 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
Numbers 26:30 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
Numbers 26:31 Old Testament, KJV
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
Numbers 26:32 Old Testament, KJV
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Numbers 26:34 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers 26:35 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
Numbers 26:36 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
Numbers 26:37 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
Numbers 26:38 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
Numbers 26:39 Old Testament, KJV
Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Numbers 26:40 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Bela were ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Numbers 26:41 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 26:42 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
Numbers 26:43 Old Testament, KJV
All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 26:44 Old Testament, KJV
Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
Numbers 26:45 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
Numbers 26:47 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 26:48 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
Numbers 26:49 Old Testament, KJV
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
Numbers 26:50 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
Numbers 26:57 Old Testament, KJV
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Numbers 26:58 Old Testament, KJV
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
Numbers 27:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 27:4 Old Testament, KJV
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
Numbers 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 33:54 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Numbers 36:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
Numbers 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
Numbers 36:8 Old Testament, KJV
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Numbers 36:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
Deuteronomy 29:18 Old Testament, KJV
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4940, grouped by book.

Genesis 12 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 6 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 94 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 42 usages, Old Testament
Judges 8 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 19 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 5 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4940 FAQ

What does mishpachah (מִשְׁפָּחָה) mean?

Mishpachah (Strong's H4940) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "family". mishpachah (mish-paw-khaw') n-f. 1. a family, i.e. circle of relatives 2. (figuratively) a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things)

How many times is mishpachah (מִשְׁפָּחָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 224 linked usages for Strong's H4940 across 21 books.

Where can I study mishpachah (מִשְׁפָּחָה) in context?

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What English words translate mishpachah (מִשְׁפָּחָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as family, their, my, were, and tribe. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.