שם נפשו בכפו

Hebrew

Etymology

Literally, “to put one's soul in one's palm”.

Verb

שָׂם נַפְשׁוֹ בְּכַּפּוֹ • (sám nafshó b'kapó) (pa'al construction)

  1. to risk one's life, to risk life and limb

Conjugation

The verb is conjugated like שָׂם, and נַפְשׁוֹ, כַּפּוֹ are inflected according to the agent (subject).

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