1 Samuel 23:15:61 Sam.23.15.W6TAB
אֶת־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ
etnafsho
“his life”
- Transliteration
- ET-na-FSHO
- Extended
- EET-nahf-SHOH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.naфˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-na-FSHO
- phraseyour reading level
le-vak-KESH ET-na-FSHO
- clause
va-YAR da-VID KI-ya-TSA sha-UL le-vak-KESH ET-na-FSHO
- sentence
va-YAR da-VID KI-ya-TSA sha-UL le-vak-KESH ET-na-FSHO ve-da-VID ba-mid-BAR-ZIF ba-KHOR-sha
Exegesis
The infinitive levakesh {לְבַקֵּשׁ | lə·vaq·ēš} indicates purpose with the object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} specifying nafsho {נַפְשׁוֹ | nap·šô} ‘life’.
Root and etymology
n-p-šnun–pe–shin
“life, breath”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:15
David understood that Saul had gone out to seek his life, and David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 23:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (etnafsho) 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.23.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.15.W6.S1) and character.