נֶ֫פֶשׁ756 H5315
soul, inner being; life, vitality; desire, appetite, will; person, individual
1. soul, inner being — The immaterial inner self of a person, the seat of emotions, will, and spiritual life; the core sense of nephesh as the animating inner person — consistently glossed as 영혼 (Korean), nafsi (Swahili), alma (Spanish), نَفْس (Arabic), and प्राण/आत्मा (Hindi) in contexts of prayer, distress, devotion, and reflexive self-reference. 647×
AR["نَفسي","نَفْسِ-ي","نَفْسِي","يا-نَفْسي"]·ben["আমার-প্রাণ","আমার-প্রাণকে"]·DE["mein-Seele","meine-Seele"]·EN["my-soul","soul-my"]·FR["mon-âme","âme-mon"]·heb["נפש","נפש-י","נפשי"]·HI["प्राण","प्राण-मेरा","मेर-प्रन","मेरी-आत्मा","मेरी-जान","मेरे-प्राण","मेरे-प्राण-का","मेरे-प्राण-को"]·ID["jiwa-ku","jiwaku","terhadap-kamu"]·IT["anima-mio","la-mia-anima","mia-anima","mio-anima"]·jav["Nyawa-kula","nyawa-Kawula","nyawa-kawula","nyawa-kula"]·KO["나-의-영혼","나-의-영혼-을","나의-생명이","나의-영혼이","나의-영혼이여","내-생명을","내-영혼-이","내-영혼이","영혼-나의","영혼-을"]·PT["Minha-alma","a-minha-alma","alma-minha","minha-alma","minha-alma;"]·RU["душа-Моя","душа-моя","душу-мою"]·ES["alma-de-mí","alma-mía","mi-alma"]·SW["Nafsi-yangu","nafsi-yangu","shida"]·TR["canım","canımı"]·urd["اپنی-جان","جان","جان-میری","میری-جان","میری-جان-کا","میری-جان-کو"]
Gen 12:13, Gen 27:4, Gen 27:25, Gen 32:30, Gen 49:6, Exod 15:9, Lev 26:11, Lev 26:30, Num 23:10, Judg 5:21, Judg 16:30, 1 Sam 1:15 (+38 more)
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2. life, vitality — Physical life or vital existence that can be endangered, lost, saved, or risked; the life-force as something at stake — diagnostically glossed as 생명/목숨 (Korean), uhai/maisha (Swahili), vida (Spanish), جان/जान (Hindi), and distinguished from 'soul' by contexts of mortal danger, preservation, and life-for-life exchange. 94×
AR["نَفسي","نَفسَهُ","نَفْسَه","نَفْسَهُ","نَفْسِهِ","نَفْسِي"]·ben["আমার-প্রাণ","আমার-প্রাণকে","তাদের-প্রাণ","তার-প্রাণ","তার-প্রাণকে","প্রাণ-তার"]·DE["mein-Leben","sein-Seele","seine-Seele"]·EN["his-appetite","his-life","his-soul","its-soul","my-life","soul-his","their-soul"]·FR["mon-vie","son-âme"]·heb["נפש-ו","נפש-י","נפשו","נפשוֹ","נפשי"]·HI["अपना-प्राण","अपनि-जअन","अपनी-जानको","अपने-प्राण","उसके-प्राण-को","जीव-उसकी","प्राण-अपना","प्राण-अपना।","प्राण-अपने","प्राण-अपने-को","प्राण-उसके","प्राण-मेरा","प्राण-मेरी","मेरी-जान"]·ID["jiwa-mereka","jiwaku","jiwanya","jiwanya,","nyawaku","nyawanya"]·IT["la-sua-anima","mio-vita","suo-anima"]·jav["ing-pejah","manahipun","nyawa-kula","nyawa-nipun","nyawanipun"]·KO["그-의-영혼-을","그-의-욕심-을","그의-생명을","그의-영혼을","나의-목숨을","나의-생명을","나의-생명이","나의생명이","내-생명을","목숨-그의-를","생명을-그의","영혼-그의-를","자기-영혼을"]·PT["a-sua-alma","alma-dele","alma-minha","alma-sua","sua-alma","sua-vida"]·RU["душа-моя","души-своей","душу-мою","душу-свою"]·ES["alma-de-el","alma-mía","mi-alma","mi-vida","su-alma","su-vida"]·SW["nafsi-yake","nafsi-yangu","nafsi-yao","nafsi-zao","uhai-wangu","yake"]·TR["canini","canım","canımı","canını","canını-onun"]·urd["اپنی-جان","اپنی-جان-کو","جان-اپنی","جان-میری","میری-جان","نفس-اُس-کا"]
Exod 4:19, Exod 21:23, Exod 21:23, Exod 21:30, Deut 19:21, Deut 24:6, Deut 24:15, Judg 5:18, Judg 12:3, Judg 18:25, 1 Sam 26:21, 1 Sam 26:24 (+38 more)
3. desire, appetite, will — The craving, longing, appetite, or volitional desire of the inner self — diagnostically glossed as 소원/뜻 (Korean), tamaa/hamu (Swahili), deseo/voluntad (Spanish), इच्छा (Hindi), and distinguished from the generic 'soul' sense by focus on wanting, craving, and intentional choosing. 9×
AR["إِلى-نَفْسِ","كَنَفْسِكَ","لِـ-نَفْسِ","لِنَفْسِ","لِنَفْسِهَا","نَفْسُ-هُ","نَفْسُكُمْ"]·ben["-ইচ্ছায়","ইচ্ছায়","তার-প্রাণ","তার-প্রাণের-কাছে","তোমাদের-প্রাণ","তোমাদের-প্রাণের","তোমার-প্রাণের-মতো"]·DE["Wille","dein-Seele","in-Seele","seine-Seele","wie-dein-desire","zu-Seele-","zu-der-Seele-","zu-ihr-desire"]·EN["as-your-desire","his-soul","to-desire-of","to-her-desire","to-soul-of","to-the-desire-of","your-desire","your-soul"]·FR["comme-ton-desire","dans-âme","son-âme","ton-désirer","ton-âme","à-sa-desire"]·heb["ב-נפש","כ-נפשך","ל-נפשה","נפש-ו","נפש-כם","נפשכם"]·HI["उसकी-जान","जी-तेरी-जैसी","जीव-उसकी-को","तुम्हारी-इच्छा","नप्शखेम","में-इच्छा"]·ID["jiwa-kalian","jiwa-nya","keinginan-kamu","kepada-kehendak","menurut-keinginanmu","untuk-dirinya"]·IT["a-lei-desire","come-tuo-desire","in-anima","suo-anima","tuo-anima","tuo-desiderare"]·jav["dhateng-kasengsaran","dhateng-nyawa","dhateng-nyawanipun","ing-kekajengan","jiwa-panjenengan","manah-panjenengan","nyawanipun","sapuasipun"]·KO["-뜻-에","그녀의-영혼으로","그의-마음이","너희의-뜻에","너희의-뜻이","네-영혼-대로","소원-에","소원에-"]·PT["alma-dele","alma-vossa","conforme-tua-alma","na-vontade-de-","no-desejo-de","para-si-mesma","vossa-alma","à-vontade-de"]·RU["в-волю-","в-душу","душа-ваша","душа-его","по-желанию-её","по-желанию-твоему"]·ES["a-alma-de","a-su-voluntad","al-deseo-de","alma-de-vosotros","alma-de-él","en-alma-de","según-tu-deseo","vuestra-alma"]·SW["bintini","kadri-ya-nafsi-yako","katika-nafsi-ya","kuweka","kwa-hamu-ya","kwa-nafsi-yake","kwa-tamaa-ya","nafsi-zenu","wake"]·TR["-canlarınızda","canı","canına","canına-","canına-göre","canınız","seni"]·urd["-جان-کے","اُس-کی-جان","اُس-کی-جان-نے","اُس-کی-مرضی-پر","اپنی-خواہش-کے-مطابق","تمہاری-روحوں","جان-میں","جی-تمہارے","مرضی-پر"]
4. person, individual — A living human being counted as an individual, a person or 'head' in census and legal contexts — diagnostically glossed as 사람/사람들 (Korean), mtu/watu (Swahili), persona (Spanish), and प्राणी (Hindi), used for enumerating people ('seventy souls') and in legal prescriptions ('any person who...'). 5×
AR["نَفْسًا","نَفْسٍ","نُفُوسًا"]·ben["প্রাণ","প্রাণগুলি","প্রাণী"]·DE["creature","person","persons"]·EN["creature","person","persons"]·FR["créature","person","persons"]·heb["נפש"]·HI["जीव","प्राणियों","प्राणी"]·ID["jiwa-jiwa","makhluk","seseorang"]·IT["creatura","person","persons"]·jav["makhluk","nyawa","tiyang"]·KO["생명들을","생명을","생명의"]·PT["alma","almas","pessoa"]·RU["душ","души","душу"]·ES["alma","de-almas","persona"]·SW["nafsi"]·TR["canlar","canlının","canını"]·urd["جان","جانوں"]
5. sense 5 1×
AR["نَفْسُهُ"]·ben["তার-প্রাণ"]·DE["seine-Seele"]·EN["His-breath"]·FR["son-âme-lui"]·heb["נפשו"]·HI["उसका-श्वास"]·ID["Nafasnya"]·IT["anima-suo"]·jav["Ambekanipun"]·KO["그것-의-숨결이"]·PT["Seu-hálito"]·RU["душа-его"]·ES["Su-aliento"]·SW["pumzi-yake"]·TR["Soluğu"]·urd["اُس-کا-سانس"]
6. sense 6 1×
AR["لِ-نَفْسٍ"]·ben["প্রাণের-জন্য"]·DE["zu-einer-Seele"]·EN["into-soul"]·FR["dans-âme"]·heb["ל-נפש"]·HI["के-लिए-प्राण"]·ID["menjadi-makhluk"]·IT["in-anima"]·jav["dados-makhluk"]·KO["에-생물"]·PT["alma"]·RU["в-душу"]·ES["para-alma"]·SW["nafsi"]·TR["canlı"]·urd["جان"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
נֶ֫פֶשׁ756 n.f. Gn 49:6 (so even Gn 2:19 Nu 31:28 1 K 19:2 v. Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 42 SS) soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion (Ecclus 3:18; 4:1(×2), 2(×2) 13:12; 14:11);—נ׳ Gn 1:20 +; נָ֑פֶשׁ Gn 37:21 +; sf. נַפְשִׁי Gn 12:13 +; pl. נְפָשׁוֹת Ez 13:18 + 13 times; נְפָשֹׁת Ex 12:4; Lv 27:2; cstr. נַפְשׁוֹת Gn 36:6 + 4 times; נַפְשֹׁת Lv 21:11; נְפָשִׁים…