Genesis 14:21:5Gen.14.21.W5TAB
הַנֶּ֔פֶשׁ
hanefesh
“the persons”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- hah-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /han.ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the persons
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
ten-LI ha-NE-fesh
- clause
ten-LI ha-NE-fesh ve-ha-re-KHUSH kakh-LAKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer me-lekh-se-DOM el-av-RAM ten-LI ha-NE-fesh ve-ha-re-KHUSH kakh-LAKH
Exegesis
The first imperative governs the pronominal complement li {לִי | lī} ‘to me’, followed by the object hanefesh {הַנֶּפֶשׁ | hannep̄eš} which, though singular in form, functions collectively as ‘the persons’ or ‘the people’, likely referring to recovered captives.
Root and etymology
n-p-sh
“breath, life, self”
In context — Genesis 14:21
And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people , and take the possessions for yourself.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 14:21, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּ֔פֶשׁ (hanefesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.14.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.21.W5.S1) and character.