Leviticus 4:2:5Lev.4.2.W5PAT

נֶ֗פֶשׁ

nefesh

soul

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

Meaning by language

English
soul
French
âme
Spanish
alma
Portuguese
alma
German
Seele
Russian
душа
Arabic-Simplified
نفس
Hindi
आत्मा
Chinese-Simplified
灵魂
Korean
영혼
Indonesian
jiwa
Bengali
আত্মা
Tagalog
kaluluwa
Swahili
roho
Amharic
ነፍስ
Yoruba
ẹ̀mí
Igbo
mkpụrụ obi
Twi
kra
Ewe
lu

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Result
נֶ֗ + 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. clause

    da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL leh-MOR NE-fesh kee-teh-khe-TAA bish-ga-GAH mih-KOL mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER LO teh-ah-SEH-NA

  3. sentence

    da-BER el-be-NEE yis-ra-EL leh-MOR NE-fesh kee-teh-khe-TAA bish-ga-GAH mih-KOL mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER LO teh-ah-SEH-NA veh-ah-SA meh-a-KHAT meh-heh-NA

In contextLeviticus 4:2

Speak to the sons of Israel saying soul if anyone sins unintentionally from all commandments LORD which not are to be done and does one of them

About this coordinate

Leviticus 4:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 4:2, so the Hebrew word נֶ֗פֶשׁ (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.4.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.4.2.W5.S1) and character.