Leviticus 11:10:12Lev.11.10.W12PAT

נֶ֥פֶשׁ

nefesh

living being

Transliteration
NE-fesh
Extended
NEH-fesh
IPA
/ˈnɛfɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
living being
French
être vivant
Spanish
ser viviente
Portuguese
ser vivo
German
Lebewesen
Russian
живое существо
Arabic-Simplified
كائن حي
Hindi
जीवित प्राणी
Chinese-Simplified
活着的生物
Korean
살아 있는 존재
Indonesian
makhluk hidup
Bengali
জীবন্ত প্রাণী
Tagalog
nilalang na buhay
Swahili
kiumbe hai
Amharic
ሕያው ፍጡር
Yoruba
ẹ̀dá alààyè
Igbo
ihe dị ndụ
Twi
abɔdeɛ te ase
Ewe
agbeɖe

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Result
נֶ֥ + 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 ha-khai-YA

  3. clause

    veh-KOL a-SHER EEN-lo seh-na-PEER veh-kas-KE-set ba-ya-MIM oo-va-ne-kha-LEEM mi-KOL SHE-retz ha-MA-yim oo-mi-KOL NE-fesh ha-khai-YA a-SHER ba-MA-yim

  4. sentence

    veh-KOL a-SHER EEN-lo seh-na-PEER veh-kas-KE-set ba-ya-MIM oo-va-ne-kha-LEEM mi-KOL SHE-retz ha-MA-yim oo-mi-KOL NE-fesh ha-khai-YA a-SHER ba-MA-yim SHE-ketz HEM la-KHEM

In contextLeviticus 11:10

and all that has no fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers from all swarming creature the waters and from all living being the living creature that in the waters they detestable thing to you

About this coordinate

Leviticus 11:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 11:10, so the Hebrew word נֶ֥פֶשׁ (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 Lev.11.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.10.W12.S1) and character.