נְפָשׂ֣וֹת
𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤅𐤕
nefasot
souls
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.
Proverbs 11:30 · Word #6
Lexicon H5315
| Lemma | נֶפֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤐𐤔 |
| Transliteration | nephesh |
| Strong's | H5315 |
| In-context | souls |
Morphology HNcbpa
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 | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H5315-45
breathing beings
| Root | נפש (n-p-š) |
| Core Meanings | breath, breathing, life, vitality, living being, self |
| Semantic Range | life, living being, person, self, inner life, appetite, desire, seat of emotions, corpse (as lifeless body), individual identity |
| Conceptual Significance | נֶפֶשׁ expresses the holistic concept of a living being animated by breath—embracing body, vitality, and inner life together. It resists later dualistic notions of "soul" as separable essence and instead portrays the integrated, breathing life of a person or creature within covenantal and communal existence. |
| Morphological Notes | Common feminine noun, plural absolute (HNcbpa). No pronominal suffix; denotes multiple "nephesh" entities. |
| Rendering Rationale | נְפָשׂוֹת is the feminine plural absolute form of נֶפֶשׁ. Rendering it as "breathing beings" preserves the root sense of breath and living vitality while clearly expressing the plural number; English does not mark grammatical gender for such nouns, so the feminine form is reflected through a non-masculine, life-centered term. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
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 |
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 |