בְּנֶפֶשׁ֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּנֶפֶשׁ֩

   be-NE-fesh

   a human corpse
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּמֵ֣ת בְּנֶפֶשׁ֩ הָאָדָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־יָמ֜וּת

   be-MET be-NE-fesh ha-a-DAM a-SHER-ya-MUT

   a dead person a human corpse of a person who has died
3. clause🔊 כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֡עַ בְּמֵ֣ת בְּנֶפֶשׁ֩ הָאָדָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־יָמ֜וּת וְלֹ֣א יִתְחַטָּ֗א אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ טִמֵּ֔א וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   KOL-ha-no-GE-a be-MET be-NE-fesh ha-a-DAM a-SHER-ya-MUT ve-LO yit-khat-TA et-mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH tim-ME ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-hi mi-yis-ra-EL

   anyone who touches a dead person a human corpse of a person who has died and does not purify himself the tabernacle of LORD defiles and shall be cut off that person that from Israel
4. sentence🔊 כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֡עַ בְּמֵ֣ת בְּנֶפֶשׁ֩ הָאָדָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־יָמ֜וּת וְלֹ֣א יִתְחַטָּ֗א אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ טִמֵּ֔א וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּי֩ מֵ֨י נִדָּ֜ה לֹא־זֹרַ֤ק עָלָיו֙ טָמֵ֣א יִהְיֶ֔ה ע֖וֹד טֻמְאָת֥וֹ בֽוֹ׃

   KOL-ha-no-GE-a be-MET be-NE-fesh ha-a-DAM a-SHER-ya-MUT ve-LO yit-khat-TA et-mish-KAN Ye-ho-VAH tim-ME ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-hi mi-yis-ra-EL KI MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME yih-YE OD tum-a-TO VO

   anyone who touches a dead person a human corpse of a person who has died and does not purify himself the tabernacle of LORD defiles and shall be cut off that person that from Israel for the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him he shall be unclean he shall be still his uncleanness remains on him

Exegesis

The clause kol-hanoge’a b’met b’nefesh ha-adam asher-yamut establishes a conditional scenario with the participle hanoge’a {הַנֹּגֵעַ | hannôgēa} ‘touching’ governed by the prepositional phrases b’met {בְּמֵת | bə-mēt} ‘at a dead’ and b’nefesh {בְּנֶפֶשׁ | bə-nefeš} ‘by a life.’

Root and etymology

נ־פ־ש🔊 Nun-Pe-Shin

“life, soul”

• 🔊 נְפָשׁוֹתnefashotpersonsGenesis 46:27