1 Kings 15:29:71 Kgs.15.29.W7TAB
כָּל־נְשָׁמָ֛ה
kolneshama
“any breath”
- Transliteration
- kol-ne-sha-MA
- Extended
- kaal-neh-shah-MAA
- IPA
- /kɔl.nəʃaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- any breath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-ne-sha-MA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA
- clause
va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO
- sentence
va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI
Exegesis
The idiom lo hish’ir kol neshamah {לֹא־הִשְׁאִיר כָּל־נְשָׁמָה | lōʾ-hiššîʾîr-kāl-nᵊšāmāh} intensifies completeness by negating any surviving soul.
Root and etymology
נ־שׁ־מn-š-m
“breath, soul”
In context — 1 Kings 15:29
As soon as he began to reign, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he left Jeroboam no one who breathed until he had destroyed it according to the word of the LORD spoken by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word כָּל־נְשָׁמָ֛ה (kolneshama) 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 1 Kgs.15.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.29.W7.S1) and character.