Proverbs 20:27:3Prov.20.27.W3TAB
נִשְׁמַ֣ת
nishemat
“spirit of”
- Transliteration
- ni-she-MAT
- Extended
- nih-sheh-MAHT
- IPA
- /niʃ.ˈmat/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirit of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-she-MAT
- clause
NER Ye-ho-VAH ni-she-MAT a-DAM
- sentence
NER Ye-ho-VAH ni-she-MAT a-DAM kho-FES kol-kha-de-rei-VA-ten
Exegesis
The subsequent construct nishmat ʾādām {נִשְׁמַת־אָדָם | nišmat ʾādām} ‘spirit of man’ indicates human agency of inner awareness.
Root and etymology
n-š-mn-š-m
“to breathe”
In context — Proverbs 20:27
The lamp of the LORD is the spirit of a person, searching all the innermost chambers .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 20:27, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁמַ֣ת (nishemat) 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.20.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.27.W3.S1) and character.