Numbers 15:27:1Num.15.27.W1TAB
וְאִם־נֶ֥פֶשׁ
veimnefesh
“And if a person”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-NE-fesh
- Extended
- veh-EEM-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /vəʔimˈ.nɛfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- And if a 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
ve-IM-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-NE-fesh a-KHAT
- clause
ve-IM-NE-fesh a-KHAT te-khe-TA bish-ga-GAH
- sentence
ve-IM-NE-fesh a-KHAT te-khe-TA bish-ga-GAH ve-hik-ri-VAH EZ bat-shna-TAH le-kha-TAT
Exegesis
Numbers 15:27 begins with the conditional protasis marked by veim {וְאִם־ | wə-ʾim} ‘and if’, followed by the subject nefesh achat {נֶפֶשׁ אַחַת | ne-phéš ʾă-ḥat} ‘one person’.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“breath, life, self”
In context — Numbers 15:27
And if a soul sins unintentionally, then that person shall bring near a female goat a year old for a sin offering .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:27, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־נֶ֥פֶשׁ (veimnefesh) 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 Num.15.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.27.W1.S1) and character.