Genesis 42:21:11Gen.42.21.W11PAT

נַפְשׁ֛וֹ

nafsho

his soul

Transliteration
naf-SHO
Extended
nahf-SHOH
IPA
/nafˈʃoː/

Meaning by language

English
his soul
French
son âme
Spanish
su alma
Portuguese
sua alma
German
seiner Seele
Russian
его души
Arabic-Simplified
نفسه
Hindi
उसके प्राण का
Chinese-Simplified
他的魂的
Korean
그의 영혼의
Indonesian
jiwanya
Bengali
তার প্রাণের
Tagalog
kaniyang kaluluwa
Swahili
nafsi yake
Amharic
የነፍሱ
Yoruba
ọkàn rẹ̀
Igbo
mkpụrụobi ya
Twi
ne kra
Ewe
eƒe luʋɔ

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Result
נַפְ + שׁ֛וֹ
naf + sho
nafsho

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    naf-SHO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    tsa-RAT naf-SHO

  3. clause

    va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu

  4. sentence

    va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT

In contextGenesis 42:21

they said each one to his brother indeed are guilty we concerning our brother because we saw distress of his soul when he pleaded to us and not we listened therefore has come upon us distress this

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 42:21, so the Hebrew word נַפְשׁ֛וֹ (nafsho) 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.42.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.21.W11.S1) and character.