1 Kings 17:21:121 Kgs.17.21.W12TAB
נֶֽפֶשׁ־הַיֶּ֥לֶד
nefeshhayeled
“the life of the child”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh-ha-YE-led
- Extended
- NEH-fehsh-hah-YEH-lehd
- IPA
- /ˈnɛfɛʃ.hajˈjɛlɛð/
Meaning by language
- English
- the life of the child
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
NE-fesh-ha-YE-led
- phraseyour reading level
NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ta-SHAV NA NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE al-kir-BO
- sentence
va-yit-mo-DED al-ha-YE-led sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ta-SHAV NA NE-fesh-ha-YE-led ha-ZE al-kir-BO
Exegesis
The particle na {נָא | nāʾ} ‘please’ softens the imperative tashav {תָּשָׁב | tā-šāḇ} ‘let return’, with nefesh-hayeled {נֶֽפֶשׁ־הַיֶּ֥לֶד | ne-pheš-hā-yé-leḏ} ‘soul of the boy’ as direct object.
Root and etymology
n-p-šnun–pe–shin
“life, breath”
In context — 1 Kings 17:21
And he stretched himself upon the boy three times and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , please let the soul of this boy return within him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 17:21, so the Hebrew word נֶֽפֶשׁ־הַיֶּ֥לֶד (nefeshhayeled) 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.17.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.21.W12.S1) and character.