Ezekiel 18:20:1Ezek.18.20.W1TAB
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
hanefesh
“the soul”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- hah-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /hanˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et
- clause
ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et HI ta-MUT
- sentence
ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et HI ta-MUT BEN lo-yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-AV ve-AV LO yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-BEN tsid-KAT ha-tsa-DIK a-LAV ti-he-YE ve-rish-AT re-SHA ha-ra-SHA a-LAV ti-he-YE
Exegesis
The verse begins with nephesh {הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ | han-ne-feš} ‘soul’ modified by the participle ha-chote-et {הַחֹטֵ֖את | ha-ḥō-tēʾt} ‘one who sins’ and linked by the pronoun hi {הִ֣יא | hîʾ} ‘it’ before the Qal imperfect tamut {תָמ֑וּת | tā-mûṯ} ‘shall die’ to express the immediate consequence of sin.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“breath, life”
In context — Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die. A son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:20, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ (hanefesh) 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.18.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.20.W1.S1) and character.