Jeremiah 15:1:9Jer.15.1.W9TAB
נַפְשִׁ֖י
nafshi
“my soul”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHI
- Extended
- nahf-SHEE
- IPA
- /nafˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
naf-SHI
- phraseyour reading level
EN naf-SHI
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI im-ya-a-MOD mo-SHE u-she-mu-EL le-fa-NAI EN naf-SHI el-ha-AM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI im-ya-a-MOD mo-SHE u-she-mu-EL le-fa-NAI EN naf-SHI el-ha-AM ha-ZE shal-LAKH me-al-pa-NAI ve-ye-tsE-U
Exegesis
The negative existential ein {אֵין | ʾên} ‘there is not’ plus nafshi {נַפְשִׁי | naf-šī} ‘soul’ underscores divine refusal toward el-ha’am hazzeh {אֶל־הָעָם הַזֶּה | ʾel-hā-ʿām haz-zēh} ‘this people’.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–pe–shin
“life; soul”
In context — Jeremiah 15:1
And the LORD said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My soul is not toward this people; send them away from My face, and let them go out.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 15:1, so the Hebrew word נַפְשִׁ֖י (nafshi) 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 Jer.15.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.1.W9.S1) and character.