Proverbs 23:14:4Prov.23.14.W4TAB
וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ
venafsho
“and his soul”
- Transliteration
- ve-NAF-sho
- Extended
- veh-NAF-SHOH
- IPA
- /və.naf.ˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his soul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-NAF-sho
- clause
ve-NAF-sho mish-she-OL tat-TSIL
- sentence
a-TA bash-SHE-vet tak-KE-nu ve-NAF-sho mish-she-OL tat-TSIL
Exegesis
The conjunction in ve-nafsho {וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ | wə-nafšō} ‘and his soul’ introduces the resultant clause.
Root and etymology
n-p-š
“breath, life”
In context — Proverbs 23:14
You will strike him with the rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 23:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 23:14, so the Hebrew word וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ (venafsho) 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.23.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.14.W4.S1) and character.