Leviticus 24:18:2Lev.24.18.W2PAT

נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּהֵמָ֖ה

nefeshbehemah

an animal's life

Transliteration
NE-fesh-be-he-MAH
Extended
NEH-fesh-beh-heh-MAA
IPA
/ˈnɛ.fɛʃ.bə.heˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English
an animal's life
French
la vie d'un animal
Spanish
la vida de un animal
Portuguese
a vida de um animal
German
das Leben eines Tieres
Russian
жизнь животного
Arabic-Simplified
حَيَاةُ حَيَوَانٍ
Hindi
जानवर का जीवन
Chinese-Simplified
动物的性命
Korean
동물의 생명
Indonesian
nyawa hewan
Bengali
একটি পশুর প্রাণ
Tagalog
buhay ng hayop
Swahili
uhai wa mnyama
Amharic
የእንስሳ ሕይወት
Yoruba
ẹ̀mí ẹranko
Igbo
ndụ anụmanụ
Twi
aboa nkwa
Ewe
agbe si le abɔa ŋu

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נֶֽ + פֶשׁ + בְּ + הֵ + מָ֖ה
ne + fesh + be + he + mah
nefeshbehemah

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
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    NE-fesh-be-he-MAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    oo-mak-KEH NE-fesh-be-he-MAH

  3. clause

    oo-mak-KEH NE-fesh-be-he-MAH ye-shal-le-MEN-nah

  4. sentence

    oo-mak-KEH NE-fesh-be-he-MAH ye-shal-le-MEN-nah NE-fesh TA-khat NA-fesh

In contextLeviticus 24:18

strike an animal's life repay it life instead of life

About this coordinate

Leviticus 24:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 24:18, so the Hebrew word נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּהֵמָ֖ה (nefeshbehemah) 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.24.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.18.W2.S1) and character.