נֶ֣פֶשׁ
𐤍𐤐𐤔
nefesh
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 27:7 · Word #1
Lexicon H5315
| Lemma | נֶפֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤐𐤔 |
| Transliteration | nephesh |
| Strong's | H5315 |
| In-context | soul |
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
| Root | נפשׁ (n-p-sh) |
| Core Meanings | breathing, breath, life-force, refreshment, living being |
| Semantic Range | life, living being, person, self, inner life, appetite, desire, vitality, corpse (as a departed life), seat of emotions |
| Conceptual Significance | נֶפֶשׁ expresses the Hebrew view of a human or creature as an integrated living being animated by breath, not a detachable "soul" in later philosophical terms. It emphasizes embodied life and personal vitality before יהוה, underscoring the unity of body and life-force in biblical anthropology. |
| Morphological Notes | Feminine singular common noun in the absolute state; no suffixes or construct relation in this form. |
| Rendering Rationale | The 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. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
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 |
H5315-16 |
lanefesh | for a breathing-being |
H5315-19 |
lenafesham | for their life-breath |
H5315-26 |
lenafeshoteykhem | for your (m.pl.) living-selves |
H5315-60 |
venafeshot | and living-breath beings of |
H5315-62 |
venefesh | and a living-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 |