1 Kings 20:42:131 Kgs.20.42.W13TAB
נַפְשׁ֔וֹ
nafsho
“his life”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHO
- Extended
- nahf-SHOH
- IPA
- /nafˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his life
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
naf-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat naf-SHO
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA NA-fe-she-kha TA-khat naf-SHO ve-am-ME-kha TA-khat a-MO
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD ve-ha-ye-TA NA-fe-she-kha TA-khat naf-SHO ve-am-ME-kha TA-khat a-MO
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vehayetah {וְהָיְתָ֤ה | wə-hā-yə-tāh} ‘and it shall be’ frames the result clause with the substitution formula naphshekha takhat naphsho {נַפְשְׁךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֔וֹ | nap-šek-kha ṭa-ḥat nap-šō} ‘your life instead of his life’, repeated for veammekha takhat ammo {וְעַמְּךָ֖ תַּ֥חַת עַמּֽוֹ | wə-ʿam-mə-kha ṭa-ḥat ʿam-mō} ‘and your people instead of his people’, establishing a parallelism that underscores proportional retribution in a legal context.
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun–pe–shin
“life, soul”
In context — 1 Kings 20:42
And he said to him, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have released the man I had devoted to destruction from your hand, your life shall go in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:42:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Kings 20:42, so the Hebrew word נַפְשׁ֔וֹ (nafsho) 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.20.42.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.42.W13.S1) and character.