Ezekiel 18:4:10Ezek.18.4.W10TAB
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
hanefesh
“the soul”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-fesh
- Extended
- hah-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /hanˈnɛfɛʃ/
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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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
HEN kal-ha-ne-fa-SHOT LI HEN-na ke-NE-fesh ha-AV u-khe-NE-fesh ha-BEN li-HEN-na ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et HI ta-MUT
Exegesis
The final clause hanefesh ha-chotet hi tamut {הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַחֹטֵאת הִיא תָמֽוּת | han-nefeš ha-ḥōṭēt hîʾ tāmut} employs the participle ha-ḥōṭēt ‘the sinning one’ for continuous action and the Qal imperfect tāmut ‘will die’ for the consequence in a protasis-consequence structure.
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun–pe–shin
“breath, life”
In context — Ezekiel 18:4
Behold, all souls are Mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son—they are Mine; the soul that sins will die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 18:4, 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.18.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.4.W10.S1) and character.