Proverbs 22:5:6Prov.22.5.W6TAB
נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ
nafesho
“his soul”
- Transliteration
- na-FE-sho
- Extended
- nah-FEH-SHOH
- IPA
- /nafˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his soul
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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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The word
Word in context
- word
na-FE-sho
- phraseyour reading level
sho-MER na-FE-sho
- clause
sho-MER na-FE-sho yi-re-KHAK me-HEM
- sentence
tsi-NIM pa-KHIM be-DE-rekh i-KESH sho-MER na-FE-sho yi-re-KHAK me-HEM
Exegesis
The participle shomer {שׁוֹמֵר | šōmêr} ‘one who guards’ with the noun nafsho {נַפְשׁוֹ | naṗšô} ‘his soul’ functions as an implied conditional “if he guards his life.”
Root and etymology
n-p-šnun–pe–shin
“self, life force”
In context — Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie in the path of the crooked ; he who guards his soul will stay far from them.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 22:5, so the Hebrew word נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ (nafesho) 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.22.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.5.W6.S1) and character.