Numbers 15:28:3Num.15.28.W3TAB
עַל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ
alhanefesh
“for the person”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- ahl-hah-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /ʕal.hanˈneːfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
al-ha-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get
- clause
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ki-PER ha-ko-HEN al-ha-NE-fesh ha-sho-GE-get be-khet-AH bish-ga-GAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-ka-PER a-LAV ve-nis-LAKH LO
Exegesis
The phrase al hanefesh hashogeghet {עַל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ הַשֹּׁגֶ֛גֶת | ʿal han-né-p̄eš ha-šō-ge-geṯ} functions as a specific direct object, identifying the soul in error.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“soul, life”
In context — Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall make atonement for the person who sinned unintentionally, by sinning in error before the LORD , to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven .
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:28, so the Hebrew word עַל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ (alhanefesh) 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.15.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.28.W3.S1) and character.