1 Kings 19:2:131 Kgs.19.2.W13TAB
אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֔
etnafshekha
“your life”
- Transliteration
- et-naf-she-KHA
- Extended
- eht-nahf-sheh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.napʃəˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your life
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-naf-she-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA
- clause
ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
- sentence
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL mal-EKH el-e-li-YA-hu le-MOR ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
Exegesis
The direct object in ’et-nap̄-šê-khā {אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ | ʾet-nap̄-šê-khā} personalizes the threat, and the simile kᵊ-ne-fēš ’a-ḥăḏ mē-hēm {כְּנֶפֶשׁ אַחַד מֵהֶם | kᵊ-ne-fēš ʾa-ḥăḏ mē-hēm} completes the menacing comparison.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“breath, life, soul”
In context — 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods do so to me, and may they add more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֔ (etnafshekha) 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.19.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.2.W13.S1) and character.