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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
KI NE-fesh ha-baa-SAR
- 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
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.