Ezekiel 14:20:16Ezek.14.20.W16TAB
נַפְשָֽׁם׃
nafsham
“their life or their soul”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHAM
- Extended
- nahf-SHAAM
- IPA
- /nafˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their life or their soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
naf-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ya-tsi-LU naf-SHAM
- clause
HE-ma be-tsid-ka-TAM ya-tsi-LU naf-SHAM
- sentence
ve-NO-akh da-ne-AL da-ni-EL ve-i-YOV be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-BEN im-BAT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma be-tsid-ka-TAM ya-tsi-LU naf-SHAM
Exegesis
The final yaṣ·ṣî·lû {יַצִּ֥ילוּ | yaṣ-ṣî-lû} ‘they would deliver’ with nap̄·šām {נַפְשָֽׁם | nap̄-šām} ‘their lives’ reinforces that only individual deliverance is possible. This rendering preserves the Hebrew parallelism and conditional structure while smoothing repetition for clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootn-p-š
“life, soul”
In context — Ezekiel 14:20
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, declares the LORD GOD , they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they, by their righteousness , would deliver only their own lives.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 14:20, so the Hebrew word נַפְשָֽׁם׃ (nafsham) 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 Ezek.14.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.20.W16.S1) and character.