Genesis 1:24:5Gen.1.24.W5PAT
נֶ֤פֶשׁ
nefesh
“creature”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- creature
- French
- créature
- Spanish
- criatura
- Portuguese
- criatura
- German
- Wesen
- Russian
- существо
- Arabic-Simplified
- مخلوق
- Hindi
- प्राणी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 生物
- Korean
- 생물
- Indonesian
- makhluk
- Bengali
- প্রাণী
- Tagalog
- nilalang
- Swahili
- kiumbe
- Amharic
- ፍጡር
- Yoruba
- ẹda
- Igbo
- ihe e kere eke
- Twi
- abɔdeɛ
- Ewe
- gbeme
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 to-TSE ha-A-rets NE-fesh kha-YA le-mi-NAH be-he-MA va-RE-mes ve-khai-to-E-rets le-mi-NAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM to-TSE ha-A-rets NE-fesh kha-YA le-mi-NAH be-he-MA va-RE-mes ve-khai-to-E-rets le-mi-NAH va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:24
God {And He} said the earth bring forth living creature according to its kind livestock and creeping thing and beast of the earth according to its kind {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:24, so the Hebrew word נֶ֤פֶשׁ (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.1.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.24.W5.S1) and character.