Deuteronomy 19:21:5Deut.19.21.W5PAT
בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ
benefesh
“for life”
- Transliteration
- be-NE-fesh
- Extended
- beh-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /bɛ.ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for life
- French
- pour vie
- Spanish
- por vida
- Portuguese
- por vida
- German
- für Leben
- Russian
- за жизнь
- Arabic-Simplified
- بنفس
- Hindi
- जीवन के बदले
- Chinese-Simplified
- 以生命
- Korean
- 생명으로
- Indonesian
- untuk nyawa
- Bengali
- জীবনের বদলে
- Tagalog
- kapalit ng buhay
- Swahili
- badala ya uhai
- Amharic
- ለሕይወት
- Yoruba
- fún ẹ̀mí
- Igbo
- maka ndụ
- Twi
- de nkwa
- Ewe
- na agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
be-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 19:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 19:21, so the Hebrew word בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ (benefesh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.21.W5.S1) and character.