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נֶ֫פֶשׁ

ne.pheshH5315

soul

Used 754 times in the tagged text.

H5315G · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315H · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: life

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315I · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: myself

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315J · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: person

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315K · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: animal

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315L · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: appetite

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315M · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: dead

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

H5315N · נֶ֫פֶשׁ · soul: neck

What it means

  • soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
  • 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
  • 1b) living being
  • 1c) living being (with life in the blood)
  • 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual
  • 1e) seat of the appetites
  • 1f) seat of emotions and passions
  • 1g) activity of mind
  • 1g1) uncertain
  • 1h) activity of the will
  • 1h1) uncertain
  • 1i) activity of the character
  • 1i1) uncertain

Same idea, other words · Spirit, breath and soul

In both languages the word for spirit also means breath or wind, and the word for soul can mean life itself. Translators have to choose; readers should know there is a choice.

Where it appears

  • Genesis43
  • Exodus17
  • Leviticus60
  • Numbers50
  • Deuteronomy35
  • Joshua16
  • Judges10
  • Ruth1
  • 1 Samuel34
  • 2 Samuel17
  • 1 Kings23
  • 2 Kings15
  • 1 Chronicles5
  • 2 Chronicles4
  • Esther6
  • Job35
  • Psalms144
  • Proverbs56
  • Ecclesiastes7
  • Song of Songs7
  • Isaiah34
  • Jeremiah62
  • Lamentations12
  • Ezekiel42
  • Hosea2
  • Amos3
  • Jonah5
  • Micah3
  • Habakkuk3
  • Haggai1
  • Zechariah2

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  1. Leviticus 21:11נַפְשֹׁ֥תcorpses of

    He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

  2. Leviticus 22:3הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁthe person

    Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.

  3. Leviticus 22:4נֶ֔פֶשׁa corpse

    If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,

  4. Leviticus 22:6נֶ֚פֶשׁanyone

    the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

  5. Leviticus 22:11נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙a person

    But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.

  6. Leviticus 23:27נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םselves your

    “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.

  7. Leviticus 23:29הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙<the> person

    If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

  8. Leviticus 23:30הַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ<the> person

    I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.

  9. Leviticus 23:30הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person

    I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.

  10. Leviticus 23:32נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םselves your

    It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

  11. Leviticus 24:17נֶ֣פֶשׁlife of

    And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

  12. Leviticus 24:18נֶֽפֶשׁ־[the] life of

    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

  13. Leviticus 24:18נֶ֖פֶשׁa life

    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

  14. Leviticus 24:18נָֽפֶשׁa life

    Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

  15. Leviticus 26:11נַפְשִׁ֖יself my

    And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

  16. Leviticus 26:15נַפְשְׁכֶ֑םself your

    and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

  17. Leviticus 26:16נָ֑פֶשׁ[the] life

    then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

  18. Leviticus 26:30נַפְשִׁ֖יself my

    I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

  19. Leviticus 26:43נַפְשָֽׁםself their

    For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

  20. Leviticus 27:2נְפָשֹׁ֖תpersons

    “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,

  21. Numbers 5:2לָנָֽפֶשׁto a corpse

    “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

  22. Numbers 5:6הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person

    “Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman acts unfaithfully against the LORD by committing any sin against another, that person is guilty

  23. Numbers 6:6נֶ֥פֶשׁa corpse

    Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.

  24. Numbers 6:11הַנָּ֑פֶשׁthe corpse

    And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.

  25. Numbers 9:6לְנֶ֣פֶשׁto a corpse of

    But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

  26. Numbers 9:7לְנֶ֣פֶשׁto a corpse of

    and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

  27. Numbers 9:10לָנֶ֡פֶשׁto a corpse

    “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

  28. Numbers 9:13הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person

    But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

  29. Numbers 11:6נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּappetite our

    But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”

  30. Numbers 15:27נֶ֥פֶשׁa person

    Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.

  31. Numbers 15:28הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁthe person

    And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.

  32. Numbers 15:30וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁand the person

    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

  33. Numbers 15:30הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person

    But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

  34. Numbers 15:31הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person

    He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and broken His commandment; his guilt remains on him.”

  35. Numbers 16:38בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗םby lives their

    As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

  36. Numbers 19:11נֶ֣פֶשׁcorpse of

    Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

  37. Numbers 19:13בְּנֶפֶשׁ֩<in> [the] corpse of

    Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

  38. Numbers 19:13הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person

    Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

  39. Numbers 19:18הַנְּפָשׁ֖וֹתthe people

    Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

  40. Numbers 19:20הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person

    But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

  41. Numbers 19:22וְהַנֶּ֥פֶשׁand the person

    Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

  42. Numbers 21:4נֶֽפֶשׁ־[the] self of

    Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

  43. Numbers 21:5וְנַפְשֵׁ֣נוּand self our

    and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

  44. Numbers 23:10נַפְשִׁי֙self my

    Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

  45. Numbers 29:7נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶ֑םselves your

    On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.

  46. Numbers 30:2נַפְשׁ֔וֹself his

    If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

  47. Numbers 30:4נַפְשָׁ֔הּself her

    and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

  48. Numbers 30:4נַפְשָׁ֖הּself her

    and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

  49. Numbers 30:5נַפְשָׁ֖הּself her

    But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

  50. Numbers 30:6נַפְשָֽׁהּself her

    If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,

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