בַּ/נֶּ֣פֶשׁ
𐤁/𐤍𐤐𐤔
banefesh
against the person
from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
Leviticus 20:6 · Word #13
Lexicon H5315
| Lemma | נֶפֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤐𐤔 |
| Transliteration | nephesh |
| Strong's | H5315 |
| In-context | against the person |
Morphology HRd/Ncbsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | b — Both — Both (masculine and feminine) |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H5315-01
against the life-being
| Morphological Notes | Preposition ב (with/against/in) + definite article (assimilated) + noun common feminine singular absolute נֶפֶשׁ. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun נֶפֶשׁ (feminine singular) denotes a living, breathing being—one’s life or self. The prefixed בַּ includes the preposition ב plus the definite article, yielding “against the life-being” in contexts of hostility or legal offense. This rendering preserves the singular form and reflects the concrete sense of nephesh as the embodied life rather than an abstract ‘soul.’ |
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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root נפש (breathing, life, vitality, living being, self)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H5315-02 |
benafesham | in their living-being |
H5315-04 |
benafeshi | with my life-breath |
H5315-05 |
benafesho | in his own life-breath |
Word Usage (757 occurrences of H5315)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 1:20 | נֶ֣פֶשׁ | nefesh | of living creatures |
| Genesis 1:21 | נֶ֣פֶשׁ | nefesh | living creature |
| Genesis 1:24 | נֶ֤פֶשׁ | nefesh | living creatures |