Numbers 15:30:1Num.15.30.W1TAB
וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ
vehanefesh
“But the person”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- veh-hah-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /vəhanˈne.feʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- But the 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 | |
| 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
ve-ha-NE-fesh
- clause
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-ta-a-SEH be-YAD ra-MAH min-ha-ez-RAKH u-min-ha-GER et-ye-ho-VAH HU me-gad-DEF
- sentence
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-ta-a-SEH be-YAD ra-MAH min-ha-ez-RAKH u-min-ha-GER et-ye-ho-VAH HU me-gad-DEF ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mi-KE-rev am-MAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with vehanafesh {וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ | wə-han-ne-pheš} ‘and the soul’, establishing the legal subject.
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun-pey-shin
“soul, life”
In context — Numbers 15:30
But the person who acts with a high hand, whether native-born or a foreigner, blasphemes the LORD and shall be cut off from the midst of their people.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:30, so the Hebrew word וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ (vehanefesh) 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.15.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.30.W1.S1) and character.