Job 16:4:8Job.16.4.W8TAB
נַפְשִׁ֗י
nafshi
“my life”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHI
- Extended
- nahf-SHEE
- IPA
- /nafˈʃiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my 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 | |
| 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
TA-khat naf-SHI
- 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 16:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Job 16:4, so the Hebrew word נַפְשִׁ֗י (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 Job.16.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.4.W8.S1) and character.