Numbers 21:5:15Num.21.5.W15TAB
וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ
venafshenu
“and our soul”
- Transliteration
- ve-naf-SHE-nu
- Extended
- veh-naf-SHEH-noo
- IPA
- /vənafˈʃeːnu/
Meaning by language
- English
- and our soul
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-naf-SHE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH
- clause
KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER ha-AM be-e-lo-HIM u-ve-mo-SHEH la-MAH he-e-li-tu-NU mi-mits-RA-yim la-MUT ba-mid-BAR KI EIN le-KHEM ve-EIN MA-yim ve-naf-SHE-nu ka-TSAH ba-LE-khem hak-ke-lo-KEL
Exegesis
The perfect qāṣāh {קָצָה | qā-ṣāh} “has loathed” in wənappšēnû qāṣāh {וְנַפְשֵׁנוּ קָצָה | wə-nappšē-nû qā-ṣāh} “and our soul has loathed” conveys emotional completion.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“life, breath”
In context — Numbers 21:5
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread , and there is no water; and our soul is weary of this worthless bread.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 21:5, so the Hebrew word וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּ (venafshenu) 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.21.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.5.W15.S1) and character.