Leviticus 17:10:13Lev.17.10.W13TAB
בַּנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙
banefesh
“against the person”
- Transliteration
- ba-NE-fesh
- Extended
- bah-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /banˈnɛfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-NE-fesh
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI fa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-o-KHE-let et-ha-DAM ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TAH mi-KE-rev am-MAH
- sentence
ve-ISH ISH mi-BEIT yis-ra-EL u-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER yo-KHAL kol-DAM ve-na-ta-TI fa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-o-KHE-let et-ha-DAM ve-hikh-ra-TI o-TAH mi-KE-rev am-MAH
Exegesis
The idiom ve-natatti panai {וְנָתַתִּי פָנַי | wə-nāṭâttî panāy} ‘and I will set My face’ expresses divine opposition against the blood-consuming nefesh {נֶפֶשׁ | nep̄eš} ‘life essence.’
Root and etymology
RootNun-Pe-Shin
“breath, life”
In context — Leviticus 17:10
Should any man of the house of Israel or any sojourner residing among them eat blood, I will set My face against the nefesh consuming blood and will cut that person off from among his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:10:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 17:10, so the Hebrew word בַּנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙ (banefesh) 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 Lev.17.10.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.10.W13.S1) and character.