Ezekiel 18:4:2Ezek.18.4.W2TAB
כָּל־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙
kalhanefashot
“all the souls”
- Transliteration
- kal-ha-ne-fa-SHOT
- Extended
- kaal-hah-neh-fah-SHOHT
- IPA
- /kɔl.han.nəfaˈʃoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- all the souls
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kal-ha-ne-fa-SHOT
- phraseyour reading level
HEN kal-ha-ne-fa-SHOT
- clause
HEN kal-ha-ne-fa-SHOT LI HEN-na ke-NE-fesh ha-AV u-khe-NE-fesh ha-BEN li-HEN-na
- 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 phrase kol-ha-nefashot {כָּל־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת | kol-hanefāšōt} ‘all the souls’ coupled with li {לִי | lī} ‘to me’ forms a parallelism asserting ownership.
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 18:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 18:4, so the Hebrew word כָּל־הַנְּפָשׁוֹת֙ (kalhanefashot) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.4.W2.S1) and character.