Lexicon / H5315
נֶ֫פֶשׁ
ne.phesh
  • soul
  • soul: life
  • soul: myself
  • soul: person
  • soul: animal
  • soul: appetite
  • soul: dead
  • soul: neck
  • living being
  • life
  • self
  • person

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: soul; soul: life; soul: myself; soul: person; soul: animal; soul: appetite; soul: dead; soul: neck

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

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: soul; living being; life; self; person

נֶ֫פֶשׁ n.f soul living being life self person desire appetite emotion passion that which breathes the breathing substance or being =, נפשׁ Thebecomes a living being נפשׁ Theis specif. נפשׁ the man himself Theas the essential of man stands for נפשׁ seat of the appetites =, in all periods (46 t.) נ׳ seat of emotions and passions = נפשׁ is used occasionally for mental acts נפשׁ for acts of the will is dub. נפשׁ = character is still more dub. נ׳ in D 756. and