Genesis 2:7:13Gen.2.7.W13PAT
לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ
lenefesh
“a being”
- Transliteration
- le-NE-fesh
- Extended
- leh-NEH-fesh
- IPA
- /lə.ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a being
- French
- un être
- Spanish
- un ser
- Portuguese
- um ser
- German
- ein Wesen
- Russian
- существом
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَائِنًا
- Hindi
- एक प्राणी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 一个生物
- Korean
- 존재
- Indonesian
- makhluk
- Bengali
- এক প্রাণী
- Tagalog
- nilalang
- Swahili
- kiumbe
- Amharic
- ፍጡር
- Yoruba
- ẹda
- Igbo
- ihe
- Twi
- abɔdeɛ
- Ewe
- ame
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
le-NE-fesh khai-YA
- clause
va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
In context — Genesis 2:7
LORD God {And He} formed the human dust from the ground {And} He breathed into his nostrils breath of life the human {And He} became a being living
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (lenefesh) 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.2.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W13.S1) and character.