Leviticus 17:11:2Lev.17.11.W2TAB
נֶ֣פֶשׁ
nefesh
“life”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- life
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR
- 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 verse begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introducing an equative clause that the nefesh {נֶפֶשׁ | ne·p̄eš} ‘life’ of the basar {בָּשָׂר | ba·sar} ‘flesh’ resides in the dam {דָּם | dām} ‘blood’, marked by the copular hi {הִוא | hîʾ} ‘it is’.
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 17:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 17:11, so the Hebrew word נֶ֣פֶשׁ (nefesh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.11.W2.S1) and character.