Genesis 17:14:8Gen.17.14.W8TAB
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
hanefesh
“soul”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- hah-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /han.ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- soul
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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Word in context
- word
ha-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
ha-NE-fesh ha-HI
- clause
ve-a-REL za-KHAR a-SHER lo-yim-MOL et-be-SAR or-la-TO ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HI me-am-ME-ha
- sentence
ve-a-REL za-KHAR a-SHER lo-yim-MOL et-be-SAR or-la-TO ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HI me-am-ME-ha et-be-ri-TI he-FAR
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-nikhretah {וְנִכְרְתָה | wə-nik-rə-ṯāh} “and shall be cut off” shifts to a judicial result clause, with hanefesh hahi {הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא | han-ne-feš ha-hî} “that person” as its subject.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–pe–shin
“to breathe, life”
In context — Genesis 17:14
Any uncircumcised male who does not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin—that person must be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 17:14, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ (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.17.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.14.W8.S1) and character.