Leviticus 20:6:10Lev.20.6.W10TAB
בַּנֶּ֣פֶשׁ
banefesh
“against the person”
- Transliteration
- ba-NE-fesh
- Extended
- bah-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /banˈne.feʃ/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ba-NE-fesh ha-HI
- clause
ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
- sentence
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tif-NEH el-ha-O-vot ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM liz-NOT a-kha-REE-hem ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
Root and etymology
Rootnun-peh-shin
“breath; life-being”
In context — Leviticus 20:6
And the soul who turns to the mediums and the spiritists, to prostitute themselves after them, I will set my face against that soul and will cut it off from the midst of its people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 20:6, so the Hebrew word בַּנֶּ֣פֶשׁ (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.20.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.6.W10.S1) and character.