Jonah 2:5:3Jonah.2.5.W3TABWLC Jonah 2:6
עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ
adnefesh
“to the life”
- Transliteration
- ad-NE-fesh
- Extended
- ahd-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /ʕad.nɛˈfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the life
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ad-NE-fesh
- clause
a-FA-fu-NI MA-yim ad-NE-fesh te-HOM ye-sov-VE-NI
- sentence
a-FA-fu-NI MA-yim ad-NE-fesh te-HOM ye-sov-VE-NI SUF kha-VUSH le-ro-SHI
Exegesis
The idiom ad-nefesh {עַד־נֶפֶשׁ | ʿad ne-phesh} indicates existential threat.
Root and etymology
Rootn-p-sh
“breath, life, soul”
In context — Jonah 2:5
Waters surrounded me up to the soul ; the deep encompassed me, seaweed was wrapped around my head.
About this coordinate
Jonah 2:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jonah 2:5, so the Hebrew word עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ (adnefesh) 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 Jonah.2.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.5.W3.S1) and character.