Genesis 19:17:7Gen.19.17.W7PAT
עַל־נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ
alnafshekha
“for your life”
- Transliteration
- al-naf-SHE-kha
- Extended
- ahl-nahf-SHEH-khah
- IPA
- /ʕal.naf.ˈʃɛ.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- for your life
- French
- pour ta vie
- Spanish
- por tu vida
- Portuguese
- por tua vida
- German
- um dein Leben
- Russian
- ради твоей жизни
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِأَجْلِ حَيَاتِكَ
- Hindi
- अपने प्राण के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为了你的性命
- Korean
- 네 생명을 위해
- Indonesian
- demi nyawamu
- Bengali
- তোমার প্রাণের জন্য
- Tagalog
- para sa buhay mo
- Swahili
- kwa maisha yako
- Amharic
- ስለ ሕይወትህ
- Yoruba
- nítorí ẹ̀mí rẹ
- Igbo
- n'ihi ndụ gị
- Twi
- ma wo nkwa nti
- Ewe
- na wò agbe ta
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-naf-SHE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
him-ma-LET al-naf-SHE-kha
- clause
va-ye-HI khe-ho-tsi-AM o-TAM ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer him-ma-LET al-naf-SHE-kha al-ta-BIT a-kha-RE-kha ve-al-ta-a-MOD be-khol-ha-ki-KAR
- sentence
va-ye-HI khe-ho-tsi-AM o-TAM ha-KHU-tsa va-YO-mer him-ma-LET al-naf-SHE-kha al-ta-BIT a-kha-RE-kha ve-al-ta-a-MOD be-khol-ha-ki-KAR ha-ha-RA him-ma-LET pen-tis-sa-FE
In context — Genesis 19:17
it happened when they brought out them outside he said escape for your life do not look behind you do not stand in the whole plain escape to the mountain lest you be swept away
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 19:17, so the Hebrew word עַל־נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ (alnafshekha) 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.19.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.17.W7.S1) and character.