Proverbs 13:25:4Prov.13.25.W4TAB
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ
nafsho
“his life or self”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHO
- Extended
- nahf-SHOH
- IPA
- /nafˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his life or self
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
naf-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
o-KHEL le-SO-va naf-SHO
- clause
tsa-DIK o-KHEL le-SO-va naf-SHO
- sentence
tsa-DIK o-KHEL le-SO-va naf-SHO u-VE-ten re-sha-IM tekh-SAR
Exegesis
The Qal active participle ochel {אֹכֵל | ʾōḵēl} functions as a nominal agent (‘one who eats’) and combines with the prepositional phrase lesova {לְשֹׂבַע | lə-sō-ḇāʿ} ‘to satiety’—the lamed conveying result or purpose—and the genitive nafsho {נַפְשׁוֹ | nap̄šô} ‘his soul’ to denote inner satisfaction.
Root and etymology
נ־פ־ש
“breath, life, soul”
In context — Proverbs 13:25
The righteous person eats to the satisfaction of his soul , but the belly of the wicked will lack .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 13:25, so the Hebrew word נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (nafsho) 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 Prov.13.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.25.W4.S1) and character.