לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א חִיָּֽה׃

   LO khi-YA

   not kept alive
3. clause🔊 וְֽנַפְשׁ֗וֹ לֹ֣א חִיָּֽה׃

   ve-naf-SHO LO khi-YA

   and his soul not kept alive
4. sentence🔊 אָכְל֬וֹ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֨וּ כָּֽל־דִּשְׁנֵי־אֶ֗רֶץ לְפָנָ֣יו יִכְרְע֗וּ כָּל־יוֹרְדֵ֣י עָפָ֑ר וְֽנַפְשׁ֗וֹ לֹ֣א חִיָּֽה׃

   a-khe-LU va-yish-ta-kha-VU KAL-dish-NE-e-RETS le-fa-NAV yikh-re-U KAL-yor-DE a-FAR ve-naf-SHO LO khi-YA

   they ate and they bowed down all the well-fed ones of earth before him they will kneel all those going down to dust and his soul not kept alive

Exegesis

The concluding clause venafsho lo chiyyah {וְנַפְשׁוֹ לֹא חִיָּה | wə-naf-s̆ô lōʾ ḥiy-yāh} negates human ability to preserve life, underscoring universal mortality. The chiastic and parallel structures highlight that both the privileged and the humble must submit to divine authority and face death.