1 Samuel 19:11:161 Sam.19.11.W16TAB
אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙
etnafshekha
“your life”
- Transliteration
- et-naf-she-KHA
- Extended
- eht-nahf-sheh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.napʃəˈχaː/
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
me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA
- clause
va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
Exegesis
The conditional clause employs ʾênkā {אֵ֨ינְךָ֜ | ʾênkā} ‘you are not’ plus the Piel imperfect memallēṭ {מְמַלֵּ֤ט | memallēṭ} ‘escape’ and object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} before nap̄šĕkkā {נַפְשְׁךָ֙ | nap̄šĕkkā} ‘your life’.
Root and etymology
n-p-š
“life, soul”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, his wife, warned David, saying, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:11:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ (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 Sam.19.11.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W16.S1) and character.