Proverbs 19:18:7Prov.19.18.W7TAB
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃
nafshekha
“your soul or your desire”
- Transliteration
- naf-she-KHA
- Extended
- nahf-sheh-KHAA
- IPA
- /naf.ʃəˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your soul or your desire
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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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
naf-she-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
AL-ti-SA naf-she-KHA
- clause
ve-EL-ha-mi-TO AL-ti-SA naf-she-KHA
- sentence
yas-SER BIN-kha KI-YESH tik-VA ve-EL-ha-mi-TO AL-ti-SA naf-she-KHA
Exegesis
Finally, the negative command al tissa nafshekha {אַל־תִּשָּׂא נַפְשֶׁךָ | ʼal tissāʾ nap̄šēḵā} ‘do not lift up your soul’ employs an idiomatic expression meaning ‘do not desire’, completing the parallel structure of positive and negative imperatives.
Root and etymology
n-p-shn-p-sh
“life, soul”
In context — Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not let your soul desire his death.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 19:18, so the Hebrew word נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ (nafshekha) 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.19.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.18.W7.S1) and character.