Genesis 9:5:14Gen.9.5.W14PAT
אֶת־נֶ֥פֶשׁ
etnefesh
“the life of”
- Transliteration
- et-NE-fesh
- Extended
- eht-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the life of
- French
- la vie de
- Spanish
- la vida de
- Portuguese
- a vida de
- German
- das Leben des
- Russian
- жизнь
- Arabic-Simplified
- نفس
- Hindi
- प्राण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 生命
- Korean
- 생명
- Indonesian
- nyawa
- Bengali
- প্রাণ
- Tagalog
- buhay ng
- Swahili
- uhai wa
- Amharic
- ሕይወት
- Yoruba
- emi ti
- Igbo
- ndu nke
- Twi
- nkwa
- Ewe
- agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
et-NE-fesh ha-a-DAM
- clause
oo-mee-YAD ha-a-DAM mee-YAD ISH a-KHIV ed-ROSH et-NE-fesh ha-a-DAM
- sentence
ve-AKH et-dim-KHEM le-NAF-SHO-TEE-KHEM ed-ROSH mee-YAD kol-khai-YAH ed-re-SHE-nu oo-mee-YAD ha-a-DAM mee-YAD ISH a-KHIV ed-ROSH et-NE-fesh ha-a-DAM
In context — Genesis 9:5
and indeed your blood for your lives I will require I will require it from the hand of every animal and from the hand of the human being from the hand of a man his brother I will require the life of the human being
About this coordinate
Genesis 9:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Genesis 9:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־נֶ֥פֶשׁ (etnefesh) 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.9.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.5.W14.S1) and character.