Genesis 19:20:16Gen.19.20.W16PAT
נַפְשִֽׁי׃
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
- نفسي
- Hindi
- मेरा प्राण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我的性命
- Korean
- 내 생명
- Indonesian
- nyawaku
- Bengali
- আমার প্রাণ
- Tagalog
- buhay ko
- Swahili
- nafsi 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
u-te-KHI naf-SHI
- clause
i-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI
- sentence
hi-neh-NA ha-IR ha-ZOT ke-ro-VA la-NUS SHAM-ma ve-HI mi-tse-AR i-mal-TA NA SHAM-ma ha-LO mi-tse-AR HI u-te-KHI naf-SHI
In context — Genesis 19:20
look please this city near to flee there and it is small let me escape please there it is it not small my life may live
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 19:20, so the Hebrew word נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (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.19.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.20.W16.S1) and character.