Leviticus 23:30:1Lev.23.30.W1TAB
וְכָל־הַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ
vehkhalhanefesh
“and any person”
- Transliteration
- veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- veh-khal-ha-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /və.xal.haˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and any 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh
- clause
veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tah-ah-SEH kahl-meh-la-KHAAH be-EH-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
veh-khal-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tah-ah-SEH kahl-meh-la-KHAAH be-EH-tsem ha-YOM ha-ZEH veh-ha-a-vad-TI et-ha-NE-fesh ha-HI mih-KEH-rev ahm-MAHH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive in the nominal clause ve-khol hanefesh {וְכָל־הַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ | wə-kôl han-nē-p̄eš} ‘every person’, which functions as the subject of the prohibition.
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun–pe–shin
“breath, living being”
In context — Leviticus 23:30
And every soul who does any work on this very day, I will destroy that soul from the midst of his people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:30, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־הַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ (vehkhalhanefesh) 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.23.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.30.W1.S1) and character.