Numbers 19:18:10Num.19.18.W10TAB
וְעַל־הַנְּפָשׁ֖וֹת
vealhanefashot
“and on the persons”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT
- Extended
- veh-ahl-hah-neh-fah-SHOHT
- IPA
- /vəʕal.han.nɛfaˈʃoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and on the persons
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT
- clause
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH e-ZOV ve-ta-VAL ba-ma-YIM ISH ta-HOR ve-hiz-ZAH al-ha-O-hel ve-al-KOL-ha-ke-LIM ve-al-ha-ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER ha-YU-SHAM ve-al-ha-no-GEA ba-E-tsem O ve-cha-LAL O ba-MET O ba-KA-ver
Exegesis
Prepositional phrases al-ha-ohel {עַל־הָאֹ֙הֶל֙ | ʿal-hā-ʾō-hel} ‘on the tent’, veʿal-kol-ha-keilim {וְעַל־כָּל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים | wə-ʿal-kol-ha-qê-lîm} ‘and on all the utensils’, veʿal-ha-nefashot {וְעַל־הַנְּפָשׁ֖וֹת | wə-ʿal-han-nefā-šôṯ} ‘and on the persons’, and veʿal-ha-noge’a {וְעַל־הַנֹּגֵ֗עַ | wə-ʿal-han-nō-gē-‘ā} ‘and on the one who touched’ expand the scope of purification.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“life, soul”
In context — Numbers 19:18
And a man who is clean shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the vessels , on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the slain or the dead or the grave.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 19:18, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־הַנְּפָשׁ֖וֹת (vealhanefashot) 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.19.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.18.W10.S1) and character.