1 Samuel 18:1:81 Sam.18.1.W8TAB
בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ
benefesh
“to the soul of”
- Transliteration
- be-NE-fesh
- Extended
- beh-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /bənɛˈfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the soul of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
be-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
be-NE-fesh da-VID
- 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 passive Niphal perfect niksherah {נִקְשְׁרָה | nĭqšär-āh} ‘was bound’ conveys a deep, mutual connection, directed toward David by the prepositional phrase benefesh David {בְּנֶפֶשׁ דָּוִד | bə-ne-p̄eš Dä-wîḏ} ‘in the soul of David’.
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 18:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 18:1, so the Hebrew word בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ (benefesh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.1.W8.S1) and character.