2 Samuel 14:19:102 Sam.14.19.W10TAB
חֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֩
kheinafshekha
“as your life lives or by your life”
- Transliteration
- KHEI-naf-she-KHA
- Extended
- KHEE-nahf-sheh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ħeː.naf.ʃəˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as your life lives or by your life
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
KHEI-naf-she-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh
- clause
va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh ha-YAD yo-AV i-TAKH be-khol-ZOT va-TA-an ha-i-SHA va-TO-mer KHEI-naf-she-KHA a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh im-ISH le-he-MIN u-le-has-MIL mi-KOL a-sher-di-BER a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh ki-AV-de-KHA yo-AV HU tsi-va-NI ve-HU SAM be-FI shif-kha-TE-KHA ET khol-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The oath formula ḥê-nap̱šᵉḵā {חֵי־נַפְשְׁךָ | ḥê-nap̱šᵉḵā} “as your soul lives” intensifies the assertion.
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun–pe–shin
“soul, life”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:19
And the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As surely as the soul of my lord the king lives, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king has spoken, for your servant Joab commanded me and put all these words into the mouth of your maidservant .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 14:19, so the Hebrew word חֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֩ (kheinafshekha) 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 Sam.14.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.19.W10.S1) and character.