Joshua 23:11:3Josh.23.11.W3TAB
לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֑ם
lenafshoteikhem
“for your souls {yourselves}”
- Transliteration
- le-naf-sho-TEI-khem
- Extended
- leh-naf-shoh-TEI-khem
- IPA
- /lənafʃoˈteːxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- for your souls {yourselves}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-naf-sho-TEI-khem
- clause
ve-nish-mar-TEM me-OD le-naf-sho-TEI-khem
- sentence
ve-nish-mar-TEM me-OD le-naf-sho-TEI-khem le-a-ha-VAH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The construct phrase lenafshoteikhem {לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם | lə-nap̄-šō(t)-tê-ḵem} ‘for your lives’ uses the plural construct of nephesh ‘life’ + suffix to denote one’s entire being.
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun–pe–shin
“life, self”
In context — Joshua 23:11
Therefore, watch over your lives with great care in order to love the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 23:11, so the Hebrew word לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֑ם (lenafshoteikhem) 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 Josh.23.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.11.W3.S1) and character.