Leviticus 17:15:1Lev.17.15.W1TAB
וְכָל־נֶ֗פֶשׁ
vehkholnehfesh
“and every person”
- Transliteration
- veh-khol-NEH-fesh
- Extended
- veh-khol-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /vɛ.kɔlˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and every person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
veh-khol-NEH-fesh
- clause
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER
- sentence
veh-khol-NEH-fesh a-SHER to-KHAL neh-veh-LAH oo-teh-REH-FAH ba-ez-RAKH oo-va-GER veh-ki-BES beh-ga-DAV veh-ra-KHATS bam-MA-yim veh-ta-MEH ad-ha-E-rev veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The law begins with the idiom vekhol nefesh {וְכָל־ נֶפֶשׁ | wə-ḵol nǝp̱ēš} ‘every person’, introducing the legal subject.
Root and etymology
“breath; life; person”
In context — Leviticus 17:15
And any person who eats what dies of itself or what is torn by beasts , whether among the native-born or among the sojourner, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 17:15, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־נֶ֗פֶשׁ (vehkholnehfesh) 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.17.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.15.W1.S1) and character.