1 Kings 19:2:141 Kgs.19.2.W14TAB
כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ
kenefesh
“as the life of”
- Transliteration
- ke-NE-fesh
- Extended
- keh-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /kəˈnɛfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the life of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-NE-fesh
- 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 19:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word כְּנֶ֖פֶשׁ (kenefesh) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.2.W14.S1) and character.