Proverbs 16:24:4Prov.16.24.W4TAB
לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ
lanefesh
“to the soul”
- Transliteration
- la-NE-fesh
- Extended
- lah-NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /lanˈnɛfɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
la-NE-fesh
- phraseyour reading level
ma-TOK la-NE-fesh
- clause
ma-TOK la-NE-fesh u-mar-PE la-A-tsem
- sentence
TSUF-de-VASH im-REI-NO-am ma-TOK la-NE-fesh u-mar-PE la-A-tsem
Exegesis
The adjective matoq {מָתוֹק | maṯôq} ‘sweet’ ascribes the primary effect ‘to the soul’, marked by the directional phrase la-nefesh {לַנֶּפֶשׁ | la-nephêš}.
Root and etymology
Rootn-p-sh
“to breathe; life, soul”
In context — Proverbs 16:24
Words of pleasantness are like a honeycomb—sweet to the soul and healing to the bones .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 16:24, so the Hebrew word לַ֝נֶּפֶשׁ (lanefesh) 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.16.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.24.W4.S1) and character.