Proverbs 29:10:6Prov.29.10.W6TAB
נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
nafsho
“his life or a life”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHO
- Extended
- nahf-SHOH
- IPA
- /nafˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his life or a life
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 | 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
naf-SHO
- phraseyour reading level
ye-vak-SHU naf-SHO
- clause
vi-sha-RIM ye-vak-SHU naf-SHO
- sentence
an-SHE da-MIM yis-ne-U-TAM vi-sha-RIM ye-vak-SHU naf-SHO
Exegesis
In the second cola, yesharim {וִֽ֝ישָׁרִ֗ים | wî-ša-rîm} ‘upright’ parallels the first subject, and the Piel imperfect yevakshu {יְבַקְּשׁ֥וּ | yə-vaq-šû} ‘they seek’ takes the pronominal suffix nafsho {נַפְשֽׁוֹ | nap-šô} ‘his soul’ as object. The waw-conjunction introduces contrast, preserved in English with “but.”
Root and etymology
n-p-shnun–pe–shin
“life force, soul”
In context — Proverbs 29:10
Men of blood hate the blameless, but the upright seek his soul.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 29:10, so the Hebrew word נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (nafsho) 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.29.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.10.W6.S1) and character.