Genesis 1:30:9Gen.1.30.W9PAT
נֶ֣פֶשׁ
nefesh
“a soul”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a soul
- French
- une âme
- Spanish
- alma
- Portuguese
- alma
- German
- eine Seele
- Russian
- душа
- Arabic-Simplified
- نفس
- Hindi
- प्राण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 生命
- Korean
- 생명
- Indonesian
- jiwa
- Bengali
- প্রাণ
- Tagalog
- kaluluwa
- Swahili
- nafsi
- Amharic
- ነፍስ
- Yoruba
- ẹ̀mí
- Igbo
- mkpụrụobi
- Twi
- kra
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
NE-fesh khai-YA
- clause
u-le-khol-khai-YAT ha-A-rets u-le-khol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-KHOL ro-MES al-ha-A-rets a-sher-BO NE-fesh khai-YA et-kol-YE-rek E-sev le-okh-LA
- sentence
u-le-khol-khai-YAT ha-A-rets u-le-khol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-KHOL ro-MES al-ha-A-rets a-sher-BO NE-fesh khai-YA et-kol-YE-rek E-sev le-okh-LA va-ye-hi-KHEN
In context — Genesis 1:30
and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to every thing that creeps upon the earth in which is living a soul every green plant for food {And} it was so
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:30:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 1:30, 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.1.30.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.30.W9.S1) and character.