הַ/נֶּ֥פֶשׁ

𐤄/𐤍𐤐𐤔

hanefesh

that soul

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 9:13 · Word #12

Lexicon H5315

Lemmaנֶפֶשׁ
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤐𐤔
Transliterationnephesh
Strong'sH5315
In-contextthat soul

Morphology HTd/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 H5315-11

the breathing-being

Rootנפש (n-p-sh)
Core Meaningsbreath, breathing, life, vitality, living being, self
Semantic Rangeliving being, person, self, life, inner desire, appetite, living creature (human or animal), life-force, corpse (as the departed life)
Conceptual Significanceנֶפֶשׁ expresses the holistic concept of a living being as animated by breath—encompassing body, life, and inner desire. In biblical thought it signifies the whole living person, not a detached immortal soul, grounding anthropology in embodied, breathing life given by יהוה.
Morphological NotesNoun common feminine singular absolute with prefixed definite article (הַ). The form is singular and definite: "the nephesh."
Rendering RationaleThe noun נֶפֶשׁ derives from the root נ-פ-שׁ, relating to breathing and living vitality. As a feminine singular noun with the definite article ("the"), the rendering "the breathing-being" preserves both its singular feminine form and its core sense of a living, breathing creature rather than an abstract "soul."

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

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
H5315-12 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
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
H5315-53 vehanefesh and the breathing-being
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
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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