Genesis 12:13:8Gen.12.13.W8PAT

נַפְשִׁ֖י

nafshi

my life

Transliteration
naf-SHI
Extended
nahf-SHEE
IPA
/naf.ˈʃiː/

Meaning by language

English
my life
French
ma vie
Spanish
mi vida
Portuguese
minha vida
German
mein Leben
Russian
моя жизнь
Arabic-Simplified
نَفْسِي
Hindi
मेरा प्राण
Chinese-Simplified
我的性命
Korean
내 목숨이
Indonesian
nyawaku
Bengali
আমার প্রাণ
Tagalog
ang buhay ko
Swahili
maisha yangu
Amharic
ነፍሴ
Yoruba
ẹ̀mí mi
Igbo
ndụ m
Twi
me nkwa
Ewe
agbe nye

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Result
נַפְ + שִׁ֖י
naf + shi
nafshi

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    naf-SHI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-kha-ye-TA naf-SHI

  3. clause

    le-MA-an yi-tav-LI va-a-vu-REKH ve-kha-ye-TA naf-SHI big-la-LEKH

  4. sentence

    im-ri-NA a-KHO-ti AT le-MA-an yi-tav-LI va-a-vu-REKH ve-kha-ye-TA naf-SHI big-la-LEKH

In contextGenesis 12:13

please say you are my sister so that it may go well for me for your sake may be kept alive my life because of you

About this coordinate

Genesis 12:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 12:13, so the Hebrew word נַפְשִׁ֖י (nafshi) 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.12.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.13.W8.S1) and character.