H5315

Hebrew Lexicon Entry

Original

נֶפֶשׁ

Transliteration

nephesh

Testament

Old Testament

Definition

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Etymology & Derivation

from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);

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