2 Chronicles 15:12:82 Chr.15.12.W8TAB
וּבְכָל־נַפְשָֽׁם׃
uvekholnafsham
“and with all their soul”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHAM
- Extended
- oo-veh-KHOHL-nahf-SHAAM
- IPA
- /uːvəkɔl.nafˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with all their soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHAM
- clause
be-KHOL-le-va-VAM u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u ba-be-RIT li-de-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-hem be-KHOL-le-va-VAM u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHAM
Exegesis
Finally, the parallel prepositional constructions bə·ḵāl·lə·ḇā·ḇām {בְּכָל־לְבָבָם | bə·ḵāl·lə·ḇā·ḇām} ‘with all their heart’ and ū·ḇə·ḵāl·nap̄·šām {וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁם | ū·ḇə·ḵāl·nap̄·šām} ‘and with all their soul’ employ semantic parallelism to reinforce total devotion.
Root and etymology
RootNun–Pe–Shin
“life, soul”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:12
And they entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Chronicles 15:12, so the Hebrew word וּבְכָל־נַפְשָֽׁם׃ (uvekholnafsham) 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 2 Chr.15.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.12.W8.S1) and character.