Leviticus 21:1:10Lev.21.1.W10PAT

לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ

lenefesh

for a person

Transliteration
le-NE-fesh
Extended
leh-NEH-fesh
IPA
/ləˈnɛfɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
for a person
French
pour une personne
Spanish
para una persona
Portuguese
para uma pessoa
German
für eine Person
Russian
для человека
Arabic-Simplified
لشخص
Hindi
एक व्यक्ति के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
为一个人
Korean
한 사람을 위해
Indonesian
untuk seseorang
Bengali
একজন মানুষের জন্য
Tagalog
para sa isang tao
Swahili
kwa mtu mmoja
Amharic
ለአንድ ሰው
Yoruba
fún ènìyàn
Igbo
maka mmadụ
Twi
ma onipa baako
Ewe
ɖe ame ɖeka

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + נֶ֥ + פֶשׁ
le + ne + fesh
lenefesh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
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

    le-NE-fesh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-NE-fesh lo-yi-ta-MA

  3. clause

    ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM le-NE-fesh lo-yi-ta-MA be-a-MAV

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh e-MOR el-ha-ko-ha-NIM be-NEI a-ha-RON ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM le-NE-fesh lo-yi-ta-MA be-a-MAV

In contextLeviticus 21:1

LORD said to Moses speak to the priests sons of Aaron say to them for a person not become unclean among his people

About this coordinate

Leviticus 21:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 21:1, so the Hebrew word לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ (lenefesh) 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.21.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.1.W10.S1) and character.