Deuteronomy 19:21:4Deut.19.21.W4PAT
נֶ֣פֶשׁ
nefesh
“life”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- life
- French
- vie
- Spanish
- vida
- Portuguese
- vida
- German
- Leben
- Russian
- жизнь
- Arabic-Simplified
- نفس
- Hindi
- जीवन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 生命
- Korean
- 생명
- Indonesian
- nyawa
- Bengali
- জীবন
- Tagalog
- buhay
- Swahili
- uhai
- Amharic
- ሕይወት
- Yoruba
- ẹ̀mí
- Igbo
- ndụ
- Twi
- nkwa
- Ewe
- agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
NE-fesh be-NE-fesh
- clause
NE-fesh be-NE-fesh A-yin be-A-yin SHEN be-SHEN YAD be-YAD RE-gel be-RA-gel
- sentence
ve-LO ta-KHOS ee-NE-kha NE-fesh be-NE-fesh A-yin be-A-yin SHEN be-SHEN YAD be-YAD RE-gel be-RA-gel
In context — Deuteronomy 19:21
and not spare your eye life for life eye for eye tooth for tooth hand for hand foot for foot
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:21, so the Hebrew word נֶ֣פֶשׁ (nefesh) 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 Deut.19.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.21.W4.S1) and character.