2 Kings 23:3:162 Kgs.23.3.W16TAB
וּבְכָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ
uvekholnefesh
“and with all {the} soul”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-khol-NE-fesh
- Extended
- oo-veh-khol-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /uːvəχɔlˈnɛfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and with all {the} 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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-khol-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh
- clause
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE
- sentence
va-ya-a-MOD ha-ME-lekh al-ha-a-MUD va-yikh-ROT et-ha-be-RIT lif-NE Ye-ho-VAH la-LE-khet a-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH ve-lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI-v ve-et-e-de-vo-TAI-v ve-et-khu-kko-TAI-v be-khol-LEV u-ve-khol-NE-fesh le-ha-KIM et-div-RE ha-be-RIT ha-ZOT ha-khe-tu-VIM al-ha-SE-fer ha-ZE va-ya-a-MOD kol-ha-AM ba-be-RIT
Exegesis
The parallel intensives bechol-lev uvechol-nefesh {בְּכָל־לֵב וּבְכָל־נֶפֶשׁ | bə-ḵāl-lev wə-bə-ḵāl-nefeš} ‘with all heart and all soul’ convey total devotion.
Root and etymology
n-p-šnun-pe-shin
“life, soul”
In context — 2 Kings 23:3
And the king stood upon the pillar and made the covenant before the LORD , to walk after the LORD and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all the heart and all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that were written upon this book; and all the people stood in the covenant.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 23:3, so the Hebrew word וּבְכָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ (uvekholnefesh) 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 Kgs.23.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.3.W16.S1) and character.