נַפְשָׁ֑ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 נַפְשָׁ֑ם

   naf-SHAM

   their life
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם

   me-vak-SHE naf-SHAM

   those seeking their life
3. clause🔊 וּ֠בַקֹּתִי אֶת־עֲצַ֨ת יְהוּדָ֤ה וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤ים בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם

   u-vak-KO-ti et-a-TSAT ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-hip-PAL-tim ba-KHE-rev lif-NE o-ye-VE-hem u-ve-YAD me-vak-SHE naf-SHAM

   and I will make void {direct object} counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in the place this and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those seeking their life
4. sentence🔊 וּ֠בַקֹּתִי אֶת־עֲצַ֨ת יְהוּדָ֤ה וִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וְהִפַּלְתִּ֤ים בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   u-vak-KO-ti et-a-TSAT ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-hip-PAL-tim ba-KHE-rev lif-NE o-ye-VE-hem u-ve-YAD me-vak-SHE naf-SHAM ve-na-TAT-ti et-niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets

   and I will make void {direct object} counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in the place this and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those seeking their life and I will give {direct object} their corpse for food for the bird of the heavens and for the beast of the earth

Exegesis

The Hiphil perfect wə-hip-pal-tîm {וְהִפַּלְתִּים | wə·hip·pal·tîm} ‘and I will cause them to fall’ conveys causation, followed by parallel prepositional phrases ba-ḥě-rev lī-p̄nê ʾōyvêhēm {בַּחֶרֶב לִפְנֵי אֹיְבֵיהֶם | ba·ḥě·rev lī·p̄nê ʾōy·vê·hēm} ‘by the sword before their enemies’ and ū-ve-yāḏ mevaqšê napšām {וּבְיַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם | ū·ve·yāḏ me·vaq·šê nap·šām} ‘and by the hand of those seeking their life’.