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נֶפֶשׁ

Strong’s: H5315

Associated OET lemmas: נֶפֶשׁ

Notes: Passage: OET NUM 11:6
NJPS "gullets" | Gesenius "Kehle" (cf. Dahood on PSA 105:18); Passage: OET HAB 2:5
NRSV REB "throat" | NJPS "maw"; Passage: OET SA2 18:13
MT-K בנפשׁו | MT-Q בְנַפְשִׁי; Passage: OET JOB 33:28
MT-K נפשׁי | MT-Q נַפְשֹׁו; Passage: OET JER 2:24
MT-K נפשׁו | MT-Q נַפְשָׁהּ; Passage: OET ISA 3:20
The meaning of בָתֵּי הַנֶּפֶשׁ is controversial: RSV NRSV NIV CEV "perfume" | NJB "scent" | NJPS "talismans" | REB "lockets" | GNT "magic charms". The commentary of Wildberger, who understand the expression as meaning "houses of souls" should still be considered the most adequate.

Authors: Enio R. Mueller; Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: נפשׁ

Sense 1: throat, neck, gullet

Semantic domains: Creatures (001001002)

Core domains: Body (019)

Definition: = the part of the body connecting the head to the rest of the body and containing the passageways for blood, air, and food; ≈ associated with breathing, appetite, and life and often used metonymically to refer to the entire body and the personality inhabiting it

Synonyms: גַּרְגֶּרֶת · פִּי · רֶגֶל

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: OET NUM 11:6

PSA: OET PSA 69:1 · OET PSA 105:18

PRO: OET PRO 3:22

ISA: OET ISA 5:14

JER: OET JER 4:10

JNA: OET JNA 2:5

HAB: OET HAB 2:5

Sense 2: breath

Semantic domains: Air (001006001)

Core domains: Body (019)

Definition: literally: throat, but with focus on the air flowing through it; hence: = process by which air flows in and out of the body, which shows that a person or animal is alive

Sense 3: life, life principle, soul, self, greed, craving

Semantic domains: Self (003001016)

Definition: literally: throat, as the part of the body that contains the passageways for blood, air, and food; hence: = the life principle that animates both humans and animals, turns them into breathing living beings, and functions as the center of their personality, mind, physical and non-physical desires, courage, emotions, and affections; it is believed to reside in the blood

Synonyms: בֶּטֶן · בָּשָׂר · חַיָּה · כָּבֹוד · לֵב · לֵבָב · מְאֹד · עֶצֶם · רוּחַ

Antonyms: בָּשָׂר

Show passage in OET: GEN 1:30

OET-RV GEN 1:30

30 and to every living thing on the earth, and to every bird in the sky, and to everything moving on the earth that has living breath in it, I’ve given every green plant for food.” Everything happened exactly as he commanded,

OET-LV GEN 1:30

30 And_to/for_all (the)_animal_of the_earth/land and_to/for_all (the)_bird_of the_heavens and_to/for_all creeping_thing on the_earth/land which in/on/over_him/it life living DOM all_of greenery plant[s] for_food and_he/it_was so.
Show passage in OET: GEN 9:4

OET-RV GEN 9:4

4 the only exception is meat with its life blood still in it.

OET-LV GEN 9:4

4 Nevertheless flesh with_life_of_its blood_of_its not you(pl)_must_eat.

Jump to OET GEN 1:30 section.

Jump to OET GEN 9:4 section.

All 556 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 1:30 · OET GEN 9:4–5 · OET GEN 12:13 · OET GEN 19:17 · OET GEN 19:19–20 · OET GEN 23:8 · OET GEN 27:4 · OET GEN 27:19 · OET GEN 27:25 · OET GEN 27:31 · OET GEN 32:30 · OET GEN 34:3 · OET GEN 34:8 · OET GEN 35:18 · OET GEN 37:21 · OET GEN 42:21 · OET GEN 44:30 · OET GEN 49:6

EXO: OET EXO 4:19 · OET EXO 15:9 · OET EXO 21:23 · OET EXO 21:30 · OET EXO 23:9 · OET EXO 30:12 · OET EXO 30:15–16

LEV: OET LEV 11:43–44 · OET LEV 16:29 · OET LEV 16:31 · OET LEV 17:11 · OET LEV 17:14 · OET LEV 20:25 · OET LEV 23:27 · OET LEV 23:32 · OET LEV 24:18 · OET LEV 26:11 · OET LEV 26:15–16 · OET LEV 26:30 · OET LEV 26:43

NUM: OET NUM 16:38 · OET NUM 21:4–5 · OET NUM 23:10 · OET NUM 29:7 · OET NUM 30:2 · OET NUM 30:4–13 · OET NUM 31:50 · OET NUM 35:31

DEU: OET DEU 4:9 · OET DEU 4:15 · OET DEU 4:29 · OET DEU 6:5 · OET DEU 10:12 · OET DEU 11:13 · OET DEU 11:18 · OET DEU 12:15 · OET DEU 12:20–21 · OET DEU 12:23 · OET DEU 13:3 · OET DEU 13:6 · OET DEU 14:26 · OET DEU 18:6 · OET DEU 19:6 · OET DEU 19:11 · OET DEU 19:21 · OET DEU 21:14 · OET DEU 22:26 · OET DEU 23:24 · OET DEU 24:6 · OET DEU 24:15 · OET DEU 26:16 · OET DEU 28:65 · OET DEU 30:2 · OET DEU 30:6 · OET DEU 30:10

JOS: OET JOS 2:13–14 · OET JOS 9:24 · OET JOS 22:5 · OET JOS 23:11 · OET JOS 23:14

JDG: OET JDG 5:18 · OET JDG 5:21 · OET JDG 9:17 · OET JDG 10:16 · OET JDG 12:3 · OET JDG 16:16 · OET JDG 16:30 · OET JDG 18:25

RUT: OET RUT 4:15

SA1: OET SA1 1:10 · OET SA1 1:15 · OET SA1 1:26 · OET SA1 2:16 · OET SA1 2:33 · OET SA1 2:35 · OET SA1 17:55 · OET SA1 18:1 · OET SA1 18:3 · OET SA1 19:5 · OET SA1 19:11 · OET SA1 20:1 · OET SA1 20:3–4 · OET SA1 20:17 · OET SA1 22:2 · OET SA1 22:23 · OET SA1 23:15 · OET SA1 23:20 · OET SA1 24:11 · OET SA1 25:26 · OET SA1 25:29 · OET SA1 26:21 · OET SA1 26:24 · OET SA1 28:9 · OET SA1 28:21 · OET SA1 30:6

SA2: OET SA2 1:9 · OET SA2 3:21 · OET SA2 4:8–9 · OET SA2 5:8 · OET SA2 11:11 · OET SA2 14:7 · OET SA2 14:14 · OET SA2 14:19 · OET SA2 16:11 · OET SA2 17:8 · OET SA2 18:13 · OET SA2 19:5 · OET SA2 23:17

KI1: OET KI1 1:12 · OET KI1 1:29 · OET KI1 2:4 · OET KI1 2:23 · OET KI1 3:11 · OET KI1 8:48 · OET KI1 11:37 · OET KI1 17:21–22 · OET KI1 19:2–4 · OET KI1 19:10 · OET KI1 19:14 · OET KI1 20:31–32 · OET KI1 20:39 · OET KI1 20:42

KI2: OET KI2 1:13–14 · OET KI2 2:2 · OET KI2 2:4 · OET KI2 2:6 · OET KI2 4:27 · OET KI2 4:30 · OET KI2 7:7 · OET KI2 9:15 · OET KI2 10:24 · OET KI2 23:3 · OET KI2 23:25

CH1: OET CH1 11:19 · OET CH1 22:19 · OET CH1 28:9

CH2: OET CH2 1:11 · OET CH2 6:38 · OET CH2 15:12 · OET CH2 34:31

EST: OET EST 4:13 · OET EST 7:3 · OET EST 7:7 · OET EST 8:11 · OET EST 9:16 · OET EST 9:31

JOB: OET JOB 2:4 · OET JOB 2:6 · OET JOB 3:20 · OET JOB 6:7 · OET JOB 6:11 · OET JOB 7:11 · OET JOB 7:15 · OET JOB 9:21 · OET JOB 10:1 · OET JOB 12:10 · OET JOB 13:14 · OET JOB 14:22 · OET JOB 16:4 · OET JOB 18:4 · OET JOB 19:2 · OET JOB 21:25 · OET JOB 23:13 · OET JOB 27:2 · OET JOB 27:8 · OET JOB 30:16 · OET JOB 30:25 · OET JOB 31:30 · OET JOB 31:39 · OET JOB 32:2 · OET JOB 33:18 · OET JOB 33:20 · OET JOB 33:22 · OET JOB 33:28 · OET JOB 33:30 · OET JOB 36:14

PSA: OET PSA 3:2 · OET PSA 6:3–4 · OET PSA 7:2 · OET PSA 7:5 · OET PSA 10:3 · OET PSA 11:1 · OET PSA 11:5 · OET PSA 13:2 · OET PSA 16:10 · OET PSA 17:9 · OET PSA 17:13 · OET PSA 19:7 · OET PSA 22:20 · OET PSA 22:29 · OET PSA 23:3 · OET PSA 24:4 · OET PSA 25:1 · OET PSA 25:13 · OET PSA 25:20 · OET PSA 26:9 · OET PSA 27:12 · OET PSA 30:3 · OET PSA 31:7 · OET PSA 31:13 · OET PSA 33:19–20 · OET PSA 34:2 · OET PSA 34:22 · OET PSA 35:3–4 · OET PSA 35:7 · OET PSA 35:9 · OET PSA 35:12–13 · OET PSA 35:17 · OET PSA 35:25 · OET PSA 38:12 · OET PSA 40:14 · OET PSA 41:2 · OET PSA 41:4 · OET PSA 42:1–2 · OET PSA 42:4–6 · OET PSA 42:11 · OET PSA 43:5 · OET PSA 44:25 · OET PSA 49:8 · OET PSA 49:15 · OET PSA 49:18 · OET PSA 54:3–4 · OET PSA 55:18 · OET PSA 56:6 · OET PSA 56:13 · OET PSA 57:1 · OET PSA 57:4 · OET PSA 57:6 · OET PSA 59:3 · OET PSA 62:1 · OET PSA 62:5 · OET PSA 63:1 · OET PSA 63:5 · OET PSA 63:8–9 · OET PSA 66:9 · OET PSA 66:16 · OET PSA 69:10 · OET PSA 69:18 · OET PSA 70:2 · OET PSA 71:10 · OET PSA 71:13 · OET PSA 71:23 · OET PSA 72:13–14 · OET PSA 74:19 · OET PSA 77:2 · OET PSA 78:18 · OET PSA 78:50 · OET PSA 84:2 · OET PSA 86:2 · OET PSA 86:4 · OET PSA 86:13–14 · OET PSA 88:3 · OET PSA 88:14 · OET PSA 89:48 · OET PSA 94:17 · OET PSA 94:19 · OET PSA 94:21 · OET PSA 97:10 · OET PSA 103:1–2 · OET PSA 103:22 · OET PSA 104:1 · OET PSA 104:35 · OET PSA 105:22 · OET PSA 106:15 · OET PSA 107:5 · OET PSA 107:9 · OET PSA 107:18 · OET PSA 107:26 · OET PSA 109:20 · OET PSA 109:31 · OET PSA 116:4 · OET PSA 116:7–8 · OET PSA 119:20 · OET PSA 119:25 · OET PSA 119:28 · OET PSA 119:81 · OET PSA 119:109 · OET PSA 119:129 · OET PSA 119:167 · OET PSA 119:175 · OET PSA 120:2 · OET PSA 120:6 · OET PSA 121:7 · OET PSA 123:4 · OET PSA 124:4–5 · OET PSA 124:7 · OET PSA 130:5–6 · OET PSA 131:2 · OET PSA 138:3 · OET PSA 139:14 · OET PSA 141:8 · OET PSA 142:4 · OET PSA 142:7 · OET PSA 143:3 · OET PSA 143:6 · OET PSA 143:8 · OET PSA 143:11–12 · OET PSA 146:1

PRO: OET PRO 1:18–19 · OET PRO 2:10 · OET PRO 6:16 · OET PRO 6:26 · OET PRO 6:30 · OET PRO 6:32 · OET PRO 7:23 · OET PRO 8:36 · OET PRO 10:3 · OET PRO 11:17 · OET PRO 11:30 · OET PRO 12:10 · OET PRO 13:2–4 · OET PRO 13:8 · OET PRO 13:19 · OET PRO 13:25 · OET PRO 14:10 · OET PRO 14:25 · OET PRO 15:32 · OET PRO 16:17 · OET PRO 16:24 · OET PRO 16:26 · OET PRO 18:7 · OET PRO 19:2 · OET PRO 19:8 · OET PRO 19:16 · OET PRO 19:18 · OET PRO 20:2 · OET PRO 21:10 · OET PRO 21:23 · OET PRO 22:5 · OET PRO 22:23 · OET PRO 22:25 · OET PRO 23:2 · OET PRO 23:7 · OET PRO 23:14 · OET PRO 24:12 · OET PRO 24:14 · OET PRO 25:13 · OET PRO 25:25 · OET PRO 27:7 · OET PRO 27:9 · OET PRO 28:25 · OET PRO 29:10 · OET PRO 29:17 · OET PRO 29:24 · OET PRO 31:6

ECC: OET ECC 2:24 · OET ECC 4:8 · OET ECC 6:2–3 · OET ECC 6:7 · OET ECC 6:9 · OET ECC 7:28

SNG: OET SNG 1:7 · OET SNG 3:1–4 · OET SNG 5:6 · OET SNG 6:12

ISA: OET ISA 1:14 · OET ISA 3:9 · OET ISA 10:18 · OET ISA 15:4 · OET ISA 19:10 · OET ISA 26:8–9 · OET ISA 29:8 · OET ISA 32:6 · OET ISA 38:15 · OET ISA 38:17 · OET ISA 42:1 · OET ISA 43:4 · OET ISA 44:20 · OET ISA 46:2 · OET ISA 47:14 · OET ISA 49:7 · OET ISA 51:23 · OET ISA 53:10–12 · OET ISA 55:2–3 · OET ISA 56:11 · OET ISA 58:3 · OET ISA 58:5 · OET ISA 58:10 · OET ISA 61:10 · OET ISA 66:3

JER: OET JER 2:24 · OET JER 2:34 · OET JER 3:11 · OET JER 4:19 · OET JER 4:30–31 · OET JER 5:9 · OET JER 5:29 · OET JER 6:8 · OET JER 6:16 · OET JER 9:9 · OET JER 11:21 · OET JER 12:7 · OET JER 13:17 · OET JER 14:19 · OET JER 15:1 · OET JER 15:9 · OET JER 17:21 · OET JER 18:20 · OET JER 19:7 · OET JER 19:9 · OET JER 20:13 · OET JER 21:7 · OET JER 21:9 · OET JER 22:25 · OET JER 22:27 · OET JER 26:19 · OET JER 31:12 · OET JER 31:14 · OET JER 31:25 · OET JER 32:41 · OET JER 34:16 · OET JER 34:20–21 · OET JER 37:9 · OET JER 38:2 · OET JER 38:16–17 · OET JER 38:20 · OET JER 39:18 · OET JER 40:14–15 · OET JER 42:20 · OET JER 44:7 · OET JER 44:14 · OET JER 44:30 · OET JER 45:5 · OET JER 46:26 · OET JER 48:6 · OET JER 49:37 · OET JER 50:19 · OET JER 51:6 · OET JER 51:14 · OET JER 51:45

LAM: OET LAM 1:11 · OET LAM 1:16 · OET LAM 1:19 · OET LAM 2:12 · OET LAM 2:19 · OET LAM 3:17 · OET LAM 3:20 · OET LAM 3:24 · OET LAM 3:51 · OET LAM 3:58 · OET LAM 5:9

EZE: OET EZE 3:19 · OET EZE 3:21 · OET EZE 4:14 · OET EZE 7:19 · OET EZE 13:18–19 · OET EZE 14:14 · OET EZE 14:20 · OET EZE 16:5 · OET EZE 16:27 · OET EZE 17:17 · OET EZE 18:27 · OET EZE 22:25 · OET EZE 22:27 · OET EZE 23:17–18 · OET EZE 23:22 · OET EZE 23:28 · OET EZE 24:21 · OET EZE 24:25 · OET EZE 25:6 · OET EZE 25:15 · OET EZE 27:31 · OET EZE 32:10 · OET EZE 33:5 · OET EZE 33:9 · OET EZE 36:5

HOS: OET HOS 4:8 · OET HOS 9:4

AMO: OET AMO 2:14–15 · OET AMO 6:8

JNA: OET JNA 1:14 · OET JNA 2:7 · OET JNA 4:3 · OET JNA 4:8

MIC: OET MIC 6:7 · OET MIC 7:1 · OET MIC 7:3

HAB: OET HAB 2:4 · OET HAB 2:10

ZEC: OET ZEC 11:8

Sense 4: living creature, living soul

Semantic domains: Creatures (001001002)

Core domains: Human (082); Animal (010); Life and Death (099)

Definition: = a living creature, including both humans and animals, as defined by the life principle that animates it

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 1:20–21 · OET GEN 1:24 · OET GEN 2:7 · OET GEN 2:19 · OET GEN 9:10 · OET GEN 9:12 · OET GEN 9:15–16

LEV: OET LEV 11:10 · OET LEV 11:46

NUM: OET NUM 31:28

ISA: OET ISA 58:11

EZE: OET EZE 13:20 · OET EZE 47:9

Sense 5: "a soul", a person, someone

Semantic domains: People (001001002003)

Core domains: Human (082)

Definition: = a human being, as defined by the life principle that animates him/her

Synonyms: אִישׁ · גֻּלְגֹּלֶת

All 87 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 12:5 · OET GEN 14:21 · OET GEN 17:14 · OET GEN 36:6 · OET GEN 46:15 · OET GEN 46:18 · OET GEN 46:22 · OET GEN 46:25–27

EXO: OET EXO 1:5 · OET EXO 12:4 · OET EXO 12:15–16 · OET EXO 12:19 · OET EXO 16:16 · OET EXO 31:14

LEV: OET LEV 2:1 · OET LEV 4:2 · OET LEV 4:27 · OET LEV 5:1–2 · OET LEV 5:4 · OET LEV 5:15 · OET LEV 5:17 · OET LEV 6:2 · OET LEV 7:18 · OET LEV 7:20–21 · OET LEV 7:25 · OET LEV 7:27 · OET LEV 17:10 · OET LEV 17:12 · OET LEV 17:15 · OET LEV 18:29 · OET LEV 19:8 · OET LEV 20:6 · OET LEV 22:3 · OET LEV 22:6 · OET LEV 22:11 · OET LEV 23:29–30 · OET LEV 24:17 · OET LEV 27:2

NUM: OET NUM 5:6 · OET NUM 9:13 · OET NUM 15:27–28 · OET NUM 15:30–31 · OET NUM 19:13 · OET NUM 19:18 · OET NUM 19:20 · OET NUM 19:22 · OET NUM 31:19 · OET NUM 31:35 · OET NUM 31:40 · OET NUM 31:46 · OET NUM 35:11 · OET NUM 35:15 · OET NUM 35:30

DEU: OET DEU 10:22 · OET DEU 24:7 · OET DEU 27:25

JOS: OET JOS 10:28 · OET JOS 10:30 · OET JOS 10:32 · OET JOS 10:35 · OET JOS 10:37 · OET JOS 10:39 · OET JOS 11:11 · OET JOS 20:3 · OET JOS 20:9

SA1: OET SA1 22:22

KI2: OET KI2 12:4

CH1: OET CH1 5:21

PSA: OET PSA 107:9

PRO: OET PRO 11:25 · OET PRO 19:15

JER: OET JER 43:6 · OET JER 52:29–30

LAM: OET LAM 3:25

EZE: OET EZE 18:4 · OET EZE 18:20 · OET EZE 27:13 · OET EZE 33:6

Sense 6: dead body

Semantic domains: People (001001002003)

Core domains: Human (082); Life and Death (099)

Definition: = the dead body of a human being, ◄ as defined by the life principle that used to animate it; ≈ contact with it causes ritual uncleanness

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 19:28 · OET LEV 21:1 · OET LEV 21:11 · OET LEV 22:4

NUM: OET NUM 5:2 · OET NUM 6:6 · OET NUM 6:11 · OET NUM 9:6–7 · OET NUM 9:10 · OET NUM 19:11 · OET NUM 19:13

JOB: OET JOB 24:12

PRO: OET PRO 28:17

HAG: OET HAG 2:13

Form 2

Part of speech: nsf

Sense 1: perfume (?)

Semantic domains: Spices (001006013)

Definition: conjectured meaning: = some kind of airy substance, a scent of some sort

Show passage in OET: ISA 3:20

OET-RV ISA 3:20

20 scarves, armlets, and sashes, perfume bottles and charms,

OET-LV ISA 3:20

20 The_turbans and_the_ankle_chains and_the_sashes and_the_houses_of the_living_creatures and_the_charms.

Jump to OET ISA 3:20 section.