Proverbs 8:36:3Prov.8.36.W3TAB
נַפְשׁ֑וֹ
nafsho
“his life”
- Transliteration
- naf-SHO
- Extended
- nahf-SHOH
- IPA
- /nafˈʃoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his 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
- clause
ve-kho-TE kho-MES naf-SHO
- sentence
ve-kho-TE kho-MES naf-SHO kol-me-sa-NE a-ha-VU MA-vet
Exegesis
The Qal participle chomes {חֹמֵ֣ס | ḥō-mês} ‘inflicts violence’ functions as the apodosis, taking the construct nafshô {נַפְשׁ֑וֹ | nap-šô} ‘his soul’ as its object.
In context — Proverbs 8:36
But whoever sins against Me does violence to his own soul ; all who hate Me love death .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 8:36, so the Hebrew word נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (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.8.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.36.W3.S1) and character.