2 Samuel 17:8:112 Sam.17.8.W11TAB
נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙
nefesh
“life or soul”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- life or soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
u-ma-RE NE-fesh
- clause
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI a-TA ya-Da-TA et-A-vi-KHA ve-et-a-na-SHAIV KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma u-ma-RE NE-fesh HE-ma ke-DOV sha-KUL ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI a-TA ya-Da-TA et-A-vi-KHA ve-et-a-na-SHAIV KI gi-bo-RIM HE-ma u-ma-RE NE-fesh HE-ma ke-DOV sha-KUL ba-sa-DE ve-a-vi-KHA ISH mil-kha-MA ve-LO ya-LIN et-ha-AM
Exegesis
The phrase umarei nefesh {וּמָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ | ûmārê ne·p̄eš} uses a construct to convey bitter resolve.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“breath; life essence”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:8
And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, for they are mighty men and embittered of soul , like a bear bereaved in the field. And your father is a man of war , and he will not spend the night with the people.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 17:8, so the Hebrew word נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ (nefesh) 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.17.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.8.W11.S1) and character.