וְ/הַ/נֶּ֗פֶשׁ

𐤅/𐤄/𐤍𐤐𐤔

vehanefesh

and 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.

H5315

Leviticus 20:6 · Word #1

Lexicon H5315

Lemmaנֶפֶשׁ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤐𐤔
Transliterationnephesh
Strong'sH5315
In-contextand the person

Morphology HC/Td/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 H5315-53

and the breathing-being

Rootנפש (n-p-š)
Core Meaningsbreath, life, vitality, living being, self, desire
Semantic Rangelife, living being (human or animal), person, self, inner being, appetite, desire, life-force, corpse (as departed life), seat of emotions
Conceptual Significanceנֶפֶשׁ expresses the holistic biblical view of a person as an animated, breathing life rather than a separate immaterial "soul." It can denote the whole living being, emphasizing embodied life sustained by breath from Elohim, and thus carries deep theological weight in discussions of life, identity, and mortality.
Morphological NotesConjunction וְ ("and") + definite article הַ + noun נֶפֶשׁ; common feminine singular absolute (Ncbsa). No pronominal suffix; definite by article.
Rendering RationaleThe noun נֶפֶשׁ (feminine singular absolute with the definite article) derives from the root נ־פ־שׁ, relating to breath and vitality. "Breathing-being" preserves the concrete sense of a life animated by breath, while the conjunction וְ and definite article הַ are reflected in "and the." The singular form is maintained in the rendering.

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Words from Root נפש (breath, life, vitality, living being, self, desire)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5315-01 banefesh against the life-being
H5315-02 benafesham in their living-being
H5315-04 benafeshi with my life-breath
H5315-05 benafesho in his own life-breath
H5315-07 benafeshoteykhem in your living-selves
H5315-08 benefesh in a life-breath
H5315-09 hanafesh the breathing-being
H5315-10 hanefashot the living souls
H5315-11 hanefesh the breathing-being
H5315-12 kenafeshekha as your own life-breath
H5315-13 kenafesho as his own life-breath
H5315-14 kenefesh as a life-breathing being
H5315-17 lenafesh to a living-being (fem. singular)
H5315-18 lenafeshah to her own life-breath
H5315-20 lenafeshekha for your life-breath
H5315-21 lenafeshekhe to your own life-breath
H5315-22 lenafeshekhem for your (masculine plural) life-breath
H5315-23 lenafeshi for my life-breath
H5315-24 lenafesho for his own life-breath
H5315-25 lenafeshotam for their living-selves
H5315-27 lenafeshoteynu for our living-souls
H5315-28 lenefesh for a life-being
H5315-29 minefesh from a living-soul
H5315-30 nafesh breathing being
H5315-31 nafeshah her life-breath
H5315-32 nafesham their life-breath
H5315-33 nafeshekha your life-breath
H5315-34 nafeshekhe your life-breath
H5315-35 nafeshekhem your (masculine plural) life-breath
H5315-36 nafeshenu our life-breath
H5315-37 nafeshi my life-breath
H5315-38 nafesho his life-breath
H5315-39 nafeshot breathing-selves of
H5315-40 nafeshotekhem your life-breaths
H5315-41 nafeshoteykhem your lives
H5315-42 nafeshoteynu our life-breaths
H5305-01 nafish Refreshed-One
H5315-43 nefashim breathing beings
H5315-44 nefashot breathing beings
H5315-45 nefasot breathing beings
H5315-47 nfshv his breath-life
H5315-48 nfshy my life-breath
H5315-49 ukhenefesh and as a living-soul of
H5315-50 unefashot and living-souls
H5315-51 uvenafeshi and in my life-breath
H5315-52 uvenefesh and with a living soul-being
H5314-01 vayinafash and he drew breath and was refreshed
H5314-02 vayinafesh and he was refreshed (breathed-again)
H5315-54 venafesham and their life-breath
H5315-55 venafeshekhe in your own life-breath
H5315-56 venafeshekhem and your life-breath
H5315-57 venafeshenu and our life-breath
H5315-58 venafeshi and my life-breath
H5315-59 venafesho his life-breath
H5315-61 venafeshotam with their living-souls
H5314-03 veyinafesh and he shall be breathed-upon and refreshed
H5315-63 vnfshv against his 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
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