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נֶ֫פֶשׁ

ne.pheshsoulHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine754 occurrences31 books683 verses

Definition

from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Traditional renderings: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

754 total
  1. Genesis 1:20נֶ֣פֶשׁ · with living
    And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
  2. Genesis 1:21נֶ֣פֶשׁ · thing
    So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
  3. Genesis 1:24נֶ֤פֶשׁ · creatures
    And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
  4. Genesis 1:30נֶ֣פֶשׁ · the breath
    And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
  5. Genesis 2:7לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ · being
    Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  6. Genesis 2:19נֶ֥פֶשׁ · creature
    And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  7. Genesis 9:4בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ · with its lifeblood
    But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
  8. Genesis 9:5לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ · your lifeblood [is shed]; נֶ֥פֶשׁ · [who takes] the life
    And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
  9. Genesis 9:10נֶ֤פֶשׁ · creature
    …and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
  10. Genesis 9:12נֶ֥פֶשׁ · creature
    And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
  11. Genesis 9:15נֶ֥פֶשׁ · creature
    I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
  12. Genesis 9:16נֶ֣פֶשׁ · creature
    And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
  13. Genesis 12:5הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ · and people
    And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
  14. Genesis 12:13נַפְשִׁ֖י · my life
    Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
  15. Genesis 14:21הַנֶּ֔פֶשׁ · the people
    The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
  16. Genesis 17:14הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ
    But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
  17. Genesis 19:17נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ · your lives
    As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
  18. Genesis 19:19נַפְשִׁ֑י · my life
    Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
  19. Genesis 19:20נַפְשִֽׁי׃ · Then my life
    Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
  20. Genesis 23:8נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם · you are willing
    “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf
  21. Genesis 27:4נַפְשִׁ֖י · I
    Then prepare a tasty dish that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”
  22. Genesis 27:19נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ · you
    Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
  23. Genesis 27:25נַפְשִׁ֑י · I
    “Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.
  24. Genesis 27:31נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ · you
    He too made some tasty food, brought it to his father, and said to him, “My father, sit up and eat of your son’s game, so that you may bless me.”
  25. Genesis 32:30נַפְשִֽׁי׃ · and yet my life
    So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
  26. Genesis 34:3נַפְשׁ֔וֹ · And his soul
    And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
  27. Genesis 34:8נַפְשׁוֹ֙
    But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
  28. Genesis 35:18נַפְשָׁהּ֙ · breath
    And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
  29. Genesis 36:6נַפְשׁ֣וֹת · the people
    Later, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
  30. Genesis 37:21נָֽפֶשׁ׃ · his life
    When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
  31. Genesis 42:21נַפְשׁ֛וֹ · his
    Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
  32. Genesis 44:30וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ · whose life; בְנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ · in the boy’s life
    So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
  33. Genesis 46:15נֶ֧פֶשׁ · number
    These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
  34. Genesis 46:18נָֽפֶשׁ׃ · in all
    These are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
  35. Genesis 46:22נֶ֖פֶשׁ · in all
    These are the sons of Rachel born to Jacob—fourteen in all.
  36. Genesis 46:25נֶ֥פֶשׁ
    These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.
  37. Genesis 46:26הַ֠נֶּפֶשׁ · persons; נֶ֖פֶשׁ
    All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
  38. Genesis 46:27נֶ֣פֶשׁ; הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ · the members
    And with the two sons who had been born to Joseph in Egypt, the members of Jacob’s family who went to Egypt were seventy in all.
  39. Genesis 49:6נַפְשִׁ֔י · May I
    May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
  40. Exodus 1:5נֶ֛פֶשׁ · The descendants; נָ֑פֶשׁ
    The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
  41. Exodus 4:19נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ · to kill you
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  42. Exodus 12:4נְפָשֹׁ֑ת · of people
    If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
  43. Exodus 12:15הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ
    For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
  44. Exodus 12:16נֶ֔פֶשׁ
    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
  45. Exodus 12:19הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ · person
    For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.