Proverbs 6:26:8Prov.6.26.W8TAB
נֶ֖פֶשׁ
nefesh
“a life”
- Transliteration
- NE-fesh
- Extended
- NEH-fehsh
- IPA
- /ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a life
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
NE-fesh
- clause
NE-fesh ye-ka-RA ta-TSUD
- sentence
KI be-AD-I-SHA zo-NA AD-ki-KAR la-KHEM ve-E-shet ISH NE-fesh ye-ka-RA ta-TSUD
Exegesis
In the second clause, the coordination ve-eshet ish {וְאֵשֶׁת אִישׁ | wə-ʼê-šeṯ ʼîš} parallels the structure, and nefesh yekarah {נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה | nə-p̄e-š yə-qā-râh} highlights the valuable life that taṣûḏ {תָצֽוּד | ṭa-ṣûḏ} ‘she hunts’, creating a rhetorical juxtaposition between deprivation and predation.
Root and etymology
Rootn-p-sh
“life, breath”
In context — Proverbs 6:26
For because of a harlot , one is brought down to a loaf of bread, and a married woman hunts for a precious life .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 6:26, so the Hebrew word נֶ֖פֶשׁ (nefesh) 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.6.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.26.W8.S1) and character.