Genesis 9:5:3Gen.9.5.W3PAT

לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙

lenafshoteekhem

for your lives

Transliteration
le-NAF-SHO-TEE-KHEM
Extended
leh-NAHF-SHOH-TEE-KHEM
IPA
/lə.naf.ʃoː.teːˈxɛm/

Meaning by language

English
for your lives
French
pour vos vies
Spanish
por vuestras vidas
Portuguese
pelas vossas vidas
German
für eure Leben
Russian
за ваши жизни
Arabic-Simplified
لنفوسكم
Hindi
तुम्हारे प्राणों के लिये
Chinese-Simplified
为你们的性命
Korean
너희의 생명들을 위하여
Indonesian
untuk nyawa kalian
Bengali
তোমাদের প্রাণের জন্য
Tagalog
para sa inyong mga buhay
Swahili
kwa maisha yenu
Amharic
ለሕይወታችሁ
Yoruba
fun iye yin
Igbo
maka ndụ unu
Twi
ama mo nkwa
Ewe
na miaƒe agbe

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Result
לְ + נַפְ + שֹֽׁ + תֵי + כֶם֙
le + naf + sho + tee + khem
lenafshoteekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-NAF-SHO-TEE-KHEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-AKH et-dim-KHEM le-NAF-SHO-TEE-KHEM

  3. clause

    ve-AKH et-dim-KHEM le-NAF-SHO-TEE-KHEM ed-ROSH mee-YAD kol-khai-YAH ed-re-SHE-nu

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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 9:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 9:5, so the Hebrew word לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ (lenafshoteekhem) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.9.5.W3.S1) and character.