Ezekiel 23:28:13Ezek.23.28.W13TAB
נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ
nafshekh
“your soul”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHEKH
- Extended
- nahf-SHEHKH
- IPA
- /nafˈʃeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- your 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
naf-SHEKH
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-na-ke-A naf-SHEKH
- clause
be-YAD a-sher-na-ke-A naf-SHEKH me-HEM
- sentence
KI KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni no-te-NAKH be-YAD a-SHER sa-NE-ET be-YAD a-sher-na-ke-A naf-SHEKH me-HEM
Exegesis
Two parallel beyad {בְּיַד | bə-yad} ‘into the hand’ phrases each introduce a relative clause: asher sanet {אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׂנֵ֑את | ʾăšer śānēʾt} ‘whom you hated’ and asher-naqah nafshekh mehem {אֲשֶׁר־נָקְעָ֥ה נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ מֵהֶֽם | ʾăšer-nāqəʿāh nap̄šēḵ mēhem} ‘from whom your inner being recoiled from them’. The repetition and tight parallelism heighten the irony: those rejected with hostility and revulsion become the very agents into whose power she is delivered. English is kept structurally parallel (“into the hand(s) of those…” / “into the hand(s) of those…”)
Root and etymology
consonants n-p-shNun–Pe–Shin
“breath, life”
In context — Ezekiel 23:28
For thus says the Lord GOD : “Behold, I am giving you into the hand of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from whom your soul has turned away.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:28:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 23:28, so the Hebrew word נַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ (nafshekh) 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.23.28.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.28.W13.S1) and character.