Genesis 37:21:8Gen.37.21.W8PAT
נָֽפֶשׁ׃
nafesh
“life”
- Transliteration
- NA-fesh
- Extended
- NAA-fehsh
- IPA
- /ˈnaː.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- life
- French
- vie
- Spanish
- vida
- Portuguese
- vida
- German
- Leben
- Russian
- жизнь
- Arabic-Simplified
- نَفْسًا
- Hindi
- प्राण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 性命
- Korean
- 생명
- Indonesian
- nyawa
- Bengali
- প্রাণ
- Tagalog
- buhay
- Swahili
- uhai
- Amharic
- ነፍስ
- Yoruba
- ẹ̀mí
- Igbo
- ndụ
- Twi
- nkwa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
נָֽ + פֶשׁ׃
↓
na + fesh
↓
nafesh
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
NA-fesh
- clause
va-YO-mer LO na-KEN-nu NA-fesh
- sentence
va-yish-MA re-u-VEN va-yat-tsi-LE-hu mi-ya-DAM va-YO-mer LO na-KEN-nu NA-fesh
In context — Genesis 37:21
and he heard Reuben and he rescued him from their hand and he said not let us strike him life
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 37:21, so the Hebrew word נָֽפֶשׁ׃ (nafesh) 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.37.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.21.W8.S1) and character.