Leviticus 17:11:2Lev.17.11.W2PAT

נֶ֣פֶשׁ

nefesh

life

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

Meaning by language

English
life
French
vie
Spanish
vida
Portuguese
vida
German
Leben
Russian
жизнь
Arabic-Simplified
الحياة
Hindi
जीवन
Chinese-Simplified
生命
Korean
생명
Indonesian
hidup
Bengali
জীবন
Tagalog
buhay
Swahili
uhai
Amharic
ሕይወት
Yoruba
ẹ̀mí
Igbo
ndụ
Twi
nkwa
Ewe
agbenɔ

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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

    KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR

  3. clause

    KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR ba-DAM HEE va-a-NI neh-ta-TEEV la-KHEM al-ham-miz-BE-akh le-kha-PER al-naf-sho-TEE-khem

  4. sentence

    KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR ba-DAM HEE va-a-NI neh-ta-TEEV la-KHEM al-ham-miz-BE-akh le-kha-PER al-naf-sho-TEE-khem KI-hah-DAAM HOO ba-NE-fesh ye-kha-PER

In contextLeviticus 17:11

for life the flesh it is in the blood and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls for the blood in the life makes atonement it is

About this coordinate

Leviticus 17:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 17:11, 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 Lev.17.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.11.W2.S1) and character.