Genesis 2:7:9Gen.2.7.W9PAT

נִשְׁמַ֣ת

nishmat

breath of

Transliteration
nish-MAT
Extended
nihsh-MAHT
IPA
/niʃ.ˈmaθ/

Meaning by language

English
breath of
French
souffle de
Spanish
aliento de
Portuguese
fôlego de
German
Atem des
Russian
дыхание
Arabic-Simplified
نَفَسُ
Hindi
साँस
Chinese-Simplified
气息
Korean
Indonesian
napas
Bengali
শ্বাস
Tagalog
hininga ng
Swahili
pumzi ya
Amharic
እስትንፋስ
Yoruba
ẹ̀mí ti
Igbo
ume nke
Twi
home
Ewe
gbɔgbɔ ƒe

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Result
נִשְׁ + מַ֣ת
nish + mat
nishmat

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    nish-MAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    nish-MAT khai-YIM

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 2:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁמַ֣ת (nishmat) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W9.S1) and character.