1 Samuel 18:1:51 Sam.18.1.W5TAB
וְנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙
venefesh
“and the soul”
- Transliteration
- ve-NE-fesh
- Extended
- veh-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /vənɛːˈfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
ve-NE-fesh
- clause
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-dab-BER el-sha-UL ve-NE-fesh ye-ho-na-TAN nik-she-RA be-NE-fesh da-VID
- sentence
va-ye-HI ke-khal-lo-TO le-dab-BER el-sha-UL ve-NE-fesh ye-ho-na-TAN nik-she-RA be-NE-fesh da-VID vi-a-ha-VU va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu ye-ho-na-TAN ke-naf-SHO
Exegesis
The subject focus then shifts to Jonathan’s inner life through the conjunction and prepositional phrase venefesh Yehonatan {וְנֶפֶשׁ יְהוֹנָתָן | wə-ne-p̄eš Yĕ-hō-nā-tān} ‘and the soul of Jonathan’.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“life, self”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:1
And it happened that when he finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word וְנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ (venefesh) 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 Sam.18.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.1.W5.S1) and character.