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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
naf-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kha-ye-TA naf-SHI
- clause
le-MA-an yi-tav-LI va-a-vu-REKH ve-kha-ye-TA naf-SHI big-la-LEKH
- 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 context — Genesis 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.