וְ֝/נַפְשׁ֗/וֹ
𐤅/𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤅
venafesho
and-his-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
Proverbs 23:14 · Word #4
Lexicon H5315
| Lemma | נֶפֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤐𐤔 |
| Transliteration | nephesh |
| Strong's | H5315 |
| In-context | and-his-soul |
Morphology HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms
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 | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
SIBI-P1 H5315-59
his life-breath
| Root | נפש (n-p-sh) |
| Core Meanings | breath, life, living being, self, vitality, inner life |
| Semantic Range | life, soul, self, person, inner being, desire, appetite, living creature, life at risk |
| Conceptual Significance | נֶפֶשׁ expresses the holistic biblical view of a person as a living, breathing being rather than a detached soul; it encompasses life, identity, and desire, underscoring the unity of body and inner life in Hebrew anthropology. |
| Morphological Notes | Common feminine singular noun in construct form with 3ms pronominal suffix (נַפְשׁוֹ); frequently preceded by conjunction וְ ("and") or preposition בְ ("in/with"), but the core form is "his nephesh." |
| Rendering Rationale | נֶפֶשׁ denotes the animating life-breath and by extension the living self. The form is a feminine singular noun with a 3rd person masculine singular pronominal suffix ("his"), so "his life-breath" preserves both the core idea of animating life and the grammatical possession indicated in the morphology. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root נפש (breath, life, living being, self, vitality, inner life)
| 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) |
H5315-53 |
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 |
H5315-61 |
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 |