לְ/נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ
𐤋/𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤊
lenafeshekha
to your 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.
Proverbs 29:17 · Word #6
Lexicon H5315
| Lemma | נֶפֶשׁ |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤐𐤔 |
| Transliteration | nephesh |
| Strong's | H5315 |
| In-context | to your soul |
Morphology HR/Ncbsc/Sp2ms
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 H5315-20
for your life-breath
| Root | נפש (n-p-sh) |
| Core Meanings | breath, breathing, life-force, living being, self |
| Semantic Range | breath, life, living being, person, self, inner desire, appetite, vitality, mortal life |
| Conceptual Significance | נֶפֶשׁ expresses the integrated living being in Hebrew thought—embodied life animated by breath. It often denotes the whole person in their vitality and vulnerability, underscoring the biblical view of humans as living souls sustained by divine breath rather than as divided body and soul. |
| Morphological Notes | Preposition לְ ("to/for") + feminine singular noun נֶפֶשׁ in construct form + 2ms pronominal suffix ("your," masculine singular). |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun נֶפֶשׁ derives from the root נ-פ-שׁ, conveying the idea of breathing and the animating life-force. Rendering it as "life-breath" preserves this concrete, vital sense rather than abstracting it to "soul." The form includes the preposition לְ ("for/to") and a 2nd masculine singular suffix, accurately reflected in "for your." |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root נפש (breath, breathing, life-force, 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 |