Genesis 1:20:6Gen.1.20.W6PAT
נֶ֣פֶשׁ
nefesh
“creatures”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- creatures
- French
- créatures
- Spanish
- criaturas
- Portuguese
- criaturas
- German
- Wesen
- Russian
- существа
- Arabic-Simplified
- مَخْلُوقَاتٍ
- Hindi
- प्राणी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 生物
- Korean
- 생물
- Indonesian
- makhluk
- Bengali
- প্রাণী
- Tagalog
- nilalang
- Swahili
- viumbe
- Amharic
- ፍጥረታት
- Yoruba
- ẹ̀dá
- Igbo
- ihe ndị
- Twi
- abɔdeɛ
- Ewe
- nuwo
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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The word
Word in context
- word
NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
NE-fesh kha-YA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:20
God {And He} said the waters swarm with swarms of creatures living {And} birds fly over the earth across the surface of the expanse of the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 1:20, 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 Gen.1.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.20.W6.S1) and character.