Leviticus 17:11:14Lev.17.11.W14TAB
בַּנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
banefesh
“in the life”
- Transliteration
- ba-NE-fesh
- Extended
- bah-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /banˈnɛfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the life
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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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Word in context
- word
ba-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
ba-NE-fesh ye-kha-PER
- clause
KI-hah-DAAM HOO ba-NE-fesh ye-kha-PER
- 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
A second clause introduced by ki-ha-dam {כִּי־הַדָּם | kî-had·dām} states that hu {הוּא | hūʾ} ‘it is’ the dam ‘blood’ which yekhaper {יְכַפֵּר | yə·kha·p̄ēr} ‘atones’ ba-nefesh {בַּנֶּפֶשׁ | ba·ne·p̄eš} ‘through life’. This chiastic structure of life and blood underscores the inseparable link between life and atonement in Israel’s cultic system.
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 17:11:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 17:11, so the Hebrew word בַּנֶּ֥פֶשׁ (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.17.11.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.11.W14.S1) and character.