1 Samuel 20:3:181 Sam.20.3.W18TAB
נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ
nafshekha
“your soul”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHE-kha
- Extended
- nahf-SHEH-khah
- IPA
- /nafˈʃɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your soul
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
naf-SHE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHEI naf-SHE-kha
- clause
ve-u-LAM KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI naf-SHE-kha KI ke-FE-sa be-NI u-VEIN ha-MA-vet
- sentence
va-yish-SHA-va OD da-VID va-YO-mer ya-DO-a ya-DA-a a-VI-kha KI-ma-TSA-ti KHEN be-e-NE-kha va-YO-mer AL-ye-DA-ZOT ye-ho-na-TAN PEN-ye-A-tsev ve-u-LAM KHAI-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHEI naf-SHE-kha KI ke-FE-sa be-NI u-VEIN ha-MA-vet
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“soul, life”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:3
And David swore and said, “Only your father knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved on my account.’ Yet truly, as I live , there is but a step between my life and death.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Samuel 20:3, so the Hebrew word נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ (nafshekha) 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.20.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.3.W18.S1) and character.