Leviticus 17:11:11Lev.17.11.W11TAB
עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם
alnafshoteekhem
“for your souls”
- Transliteration
- al-naf-sho-TEE-khem
- Extended
- ahl-naf-shoh-TEE-khem
- IPA
- /ʕal.naf.ʃoˈteːxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for your souls
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-naf-sho-TEE-khem
- clause
KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR ba-DAM HEE va-a-NI neh-ta-TEEV la-KHEM al-ham-miz-BE-akh le-kha-PER al-naf-sho-TEE-khem
- sentence
KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR ba-DAM HEE va-a-NI neh-ta-TEEV la-KHEM al-ham-miz-BE-akh le-kha-PER al-naf-sho-TEE-khem KI-hah-DAAM HOO ba-NE-fesh ye-kha-PER
Exegesis
The beneficiary expression al-nafshoteykhem {עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם | ʿal-nap·šō·ṯê·yḵem} specifies whose lives are covered.
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun-pey-shin
“to breathe, live”
In context — Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood , and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives; for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 17:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑ם (alnafshoteekhem) 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.17.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.11.W11.S1) and character.