Numbers 19:22:5Num.19.22.W5TAB
וְהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
vehanefesh
“and the person”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- veh-hah-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /vəhanˈnefeʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-NE-fesh ha-no-GA-at
- clause
ve-ha-NE-fesh ha-no-GA-at tit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER-yi-GA-BO ha-ta-ME yit-MA ve-ha-NE-fesh ha-no-GA-at tit-MA ad-ha-AH-rev
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun-pey-shin
“breath, life”
In context — Numbers 19:22
And everything that the unclean person touches shall become unclean, and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until the evening.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 19:22, so the Hebrew word וְהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ (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.19.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.22.W5.S1) and character.