Genesis 46:27:5Gen.46.27.W5PAT

נֶ֣פֶשׁ

nefesh

persons

Transliteration
NE-fesh
Extended
NEH-fesh
IPA
/ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
persons
French
personnes
Spanish
personas
Portuguese
pessoas
German
Personen
Russian
души
Arabic-Simplified
نفس
Hindi
व्यक्ति
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
사람
Indonesian
jiwa
Bengali
ব্যক্তি
Tagalog
katao
Swahili
nafsi
Amharic
ነፍሳት
Yoruba
ẹni
Igbo
mmadụ
Twi
nnipa
Ewe
ame

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Result
נֶ֣ + פֶשׁ
ne + fesh
nefesh

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Pep with dagesh; f without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    NE-fesh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    NE-fesh she-NA-yim

  3. clause

    u-ve-NEI yo-SEF a-sher-yul-lad-LO ve-mits-RA-yim NE-fesh she-NA-yim

  4. sentence

    u-ve-NEI yo-SEF a-sher-yul-lad-LO ve-mits-RA-yim NE-fesh she-NA-yim kol-ha-NE-fesh le-veit-ya-a-KOV ha-BA-a mits-RAI-ma shiv-IM

In contextGenesis 46:27

and the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt persons two all the persons of the house of Jacob who came to Egypt seventy

About this coordinate

Genesis 46:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 46:27, so the Hebrew word נֶ֣פֶשׁ (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.46.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.46.27.W5.S1) and character.