Genesis 2:19:18Gen.2.19.W18PAT
נֶ֥פֶשׁ
nefesh
“creature”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- creature
- French
- créature
- Spanish
- criatura
- Portuguese
- criatura
- German
- Geschöpf
- Russian
- существо
- Arabic-Simplified
- نَفْسًا
- Hindi
- प्राणी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 生物
- Korean
- 생물
- Indonesian
- makhluk
- Bengali
- প্রাণী
- Tagalog
- nilalang
- Swahili
- kiumbe
- Amharic
- ፍጡር
- Yoruba
- ẹda
- Igbo
- ihe e kere eke
- Twi
- abɔdeɛ
- 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
ve-KHOL a-SHER yik-ra-LO ha-a-DAM NE-fesh khai-YA HU she-MO
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM min-ha-a-da-MA kol-khai-YAT ha-sa-DE ve-ET kol-OF ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-VE el-ha-a-DAM li-re-OT mah-yik-ra-LO ve-KHOL a-SHER yik-ra-LO ha-a-DAM NE-fesh khai-YA HU she-MO
In context — Genesis 2:19
LORD God {And He} formed from the ground every beast of the field and every bird of the skies {And} He brought to the man to see what he would call it creature living and all that {He} would call it the man that was its name
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:19:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Genesis 2:19, so the Hebrew word נֶ֥פֶשׁ (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.2.19.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.19.W18.S1) and character.