Job 16:4:6Job.16.4.W6TAB
נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם
nafshekhem
“your life”
- Transliteration
- naf-she-KHEM
- Extended
- nahf-sheh-KHEHM
- IPA
- /naf.ʃəˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your life
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
naf-she-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM
- clause
a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM TA-khat naf-SHI akh-bi-RA a-le-KHEM be-mil-LIM
- sentence
GAM a-no-KHI ka-KHEM a-dab-BE-ra lu-YESH naf-she-KHEM TA-khat naf-SHI akh-bi-RA a-le-KHEM be-mil-LIM ve-a-ni-A a-le-KHEM be-MO ro-SHI
Exegesis
The conditional lu-yesh {לוּ־יֵשׁ | lû-yēš} ‘if there were’ frames a counterfactual scenario, specified by the substitution tachat {תַּחַת | taḥat} ‘in place of’ between nafshkhem {נַפְשְׁכֶם | napšəḵem} ‘your life’ and nafshi {נַפְשִׁי | napšî} ‘my life.’
Root and etymology
n-p-shNun–Pe–Shin
“throat, life”
In context — Job 16:4
I also could speak like you, if your life were in the place of my life; I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.
About this coordinate
Job 16:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 16:4, so the Hebrew word נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם (nafshekhem) 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 Job.16.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.4.W6.S1) and character.