נֶ֖פֶשׁ

𐤍𐤐𐤔

nefesh

a 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

Numbers 35:11 · Word #12

Lexicon H5315

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

Morphology HNcbsa 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 H5315-46

breathing being

Morphological NotesFeminine singular common noun in the absolute state; no suffixes or construct relation in this form.
Rendering RationaleThe noun נֶפֶשׁ derives from the root נ-פ-שׁ, "to breathe" or "to be refreshed," and fundamentally denotes a being characterized by breath and life. The form here is feminine singular absolute (HNcbsa), so the rendering preserves singularity with "being" and reflects the life-breath concept inherent in the root.

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Words from Root נפשׁ (breathing, breath, life-force, refreshment, living being)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5315-03 benafeshenu with our life-breath
H5315-06 benafeshotam with their lives
H5315-15 lanafesh to a breathing-being

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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