Genesis 2:7:8Gen.2.7.W8TAB
בְּאַפָּ֖יו
beappav
“into his nostrils”
- Transliteration
- be-ap-PAV
- Extended
- beh-ahp-PAAV
- IPA
- /bə.ʔap.ˈpaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- into his nostrils
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
be-ap-PAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV
- clause
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
Exegesis
The next waw-consecutive verb vayyipach {וַיִּפַּח | wayyippaḥ} ‘and He breathed’ together with the construct noun nishmat chayyim {נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים | nišmat ḥayyîm} ‘breath of lives’ portrays an intimate divine act of animation into be-appav {בְּאַפָּיו | bəʾappāyw} ‘his nostrils’.
In context — Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed the man from dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word בְּאַפָּ֖יו (beappav) 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.2.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W8.S1) and character.