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nefeš נֶ֫פֶשׁ ‘soul’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from nāfaš נָפַשׁ ‘be refreshed’
Roots: נפשׁ

nefeš n, f
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) dubious
 1h) activity of the will
  1h1) dubious
 1i) activity of the character
  1i1) dubious

Mentioned in Genesis 27:19, 27:31, 35:18, 44:30, 42:21, 12:5, 14:21, 2:7, 2:19, 9:5, 27:4, 34:3, 9:12, 36:6, 12:13, 19:17, 49:6, 9:4, 27:25, 1:30, 32:31, 46:15, 46:18, 46:22, 46:25, 1:20, 1:21, 1:24, 9:16, 23:8, 34:8, 37:21, 19:19, 9:10, 46:26, 9:15, 17:14, 46:27, 19:20 Exodus 16:16, 30:16, 12:19, 15:9, 12:4, 30:12, 12:15, 12:16, 4:19, 21:23, 21:30, 23:9, 30:15, 31:14, 1:5 Codex Leviticus 21:11, 23:30, 5:4, 7:21, 24:17, 20:25, 21:1, 22:4, 5:1, 5:2, 5:21, 20:6, 16:29, 17:15, 4:2, 4:27, 5:17, 26:16, 5:15, 11:10, 17:10, 22:3, 27:2, 23:27, 7:18, 7:20, 7:25, 7:27, 17:12, 17:14, 19:8, 22:6, 22:11, 11:43, 18:29, 11:44, 26:15, 17:11, 19:28, 11:46, 26:43, 23:29, 16:31, 23:32, 26:11, 26:30, 24:18, 2:1 Numbers 30:5, 30:6, 5:6, 9:6, 9:7, 19:11, 19:13, 31:28, 31:35, 31:40, 31:46, 21:4, 19:18, 9:10, 30:3, 30:7, 30:11, 17:3, 15:30, 6:11, 15:27, 35:30, 23:10, 11:6, 21:5, 9:13, 19:20, 30:8, 30:9, 30:12, 30:13, 30:14, 31:50, 35:15, 30:10, 19:22, 35:31, 5:2, 15:31, 29:7, 31:19, 6:6, 35:11, 15:28 Deuteronomy 10:22, 13:7, 6:5, 10:12, 11:13, 13:4, 30:6, 12:20, 14:26, 12:15, 12:21, 18:6, 11:18, 24:7, 19:11, 19:6, 22:26, 12:23, 23:25, 4:15, 24:15, 30:10, 26:16, 4:29, 30:2, 21:14, 27:25, 4:9, 28:65, 24:6, 19:21 Joshua 2:13, 22:5, 23:11, 23:14, 2:14, 20:9, 9:24, 11:11, 10:28, 10:30, 10:32, 10:35, 10:37, 10:39, 20:3 Judges 9:17, 12:3, 18:25, 10:16, 16:16, 16:30, 5:21, 5:18 1 Samuel 20:1, 20:3, 22:22, 24:12, 17:55, 2:33, 1:15, 1:26, 25:26, 25:29, 18:1, 20:17, 18:3, 28:9, 23:20, 19:11, 2:16, 22:2, 30:6, 22:23, 20:4, 28:21, 2:35, 26:21, 26:24, 19:5, 23:15, 1:10 2 Samuel 17:8, 23:17, 16:11, 3:21, 4:8, 11:11, 14:19, 14:7, 18:13, 4:9, 1:9, 5:8, 19:6, 14:14 1 Kings 8:48, 19:4, 2:23, 20:39, 11:37, 20:31, 20:32, 19:2, 3:11, 2:4, 20:42, 17:21, 19:3, 19:10, 19:14, 17:22, 1:29, 1:12 2 Kings 7:7, 4:30, 23:3, 23:25, 1:13, 4:27, 10:24, 12:5, 1:14, 9:15, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6 Isaiah 19:10, 58:5, 43:4, 26:9, 3:9, 32:6, 66:3, 58:10, 47:14, 55:3, 38:17, 56:11, 29:8, 55:2, 61:10, 15:4, 53:10, 49:7, 38:15, 44:20, 51:23, 26:8, 53:12, 58:11, 42:1, 3:20, 5:14, 10:18, 53:11, 1:14, 46:2, 58:3 Jeremiah 40:15, 2:34, 20:13, 51:14, 4:10, 2:24, 4:31, 40:14, 43:6, 21:7, 46:26, 49:37, 6:16, 12:7, 15:9, 19:7, 19:9, 34:20, 34:21, 44:30, 14:19, 15:1, 11:21, 34:16, 38:16, 44:7, 51:6, 51:45, 17:21, 37:9, 45:5, 3:11, 26:19, 31:12, 38:2, 38:17, 38:20, 42:20, 50:19, 5:9, 5:29, 9:8, 52:30, 13:17, 44:14, 32:41, 6:8, 22:27, 22:25, 18:20, 31:14, 4:30, 39:18, 31:25, 21:9, 48:6, 4:19, 52:29 Ezekiel 18:4, 18:20, 22:27, 24:25, 27:13, 36:5, 25:6, 4:14, 13:18, 13:20, 14:14, 14:20, 23:22, 23:28, 24:21, 25:15, 16:5, 23:18, 32:10, 22:25, 13:19, 23:17, 27:31, 47:9, 18:27, 3:19, 3:21, 17:17, 33:5, 33:6, 33:9, 16:27, 7:19 Hosea 9:4, 4:8 Amos 2:14, 6:8, 2:15 Jonah 1:14, 2:8, 4:8, 2:6, 4:3 Micah 7:1, 6:7, 7:3 Habakkuk 2:5, 2:4, 2:10 Haggai 2:13 Zechariah 11:8 Psalms 142:5, 143:12, 72:13, 109:31, 57:5, 35:17, 54:6, 77:3, 86:4, 130:6, 141:8, 11:5, 97:10, 119:167, 56:14, 124:4, 124:5, 35:4, 40:15, 70:3, 63:9, 7:6, 13:2, 17:9, 41:3, 69:19, 71:10, 143:3, 11:1, 42:2, 3:3, 7:3, 104:35, 26:9, 49:16, 62:2, 62:6, 22:30, 78:18, 107:18, 25:20, 27:12, 35:25, 74:19, 103:2, 42:3, 63:2, 84:3, 25:1, 86:2, 119:20, 143:6, 143:8, 42:5, 42:6, 42:7, 42:12, 43:5, 54:5, 57:2, 66:16, 69:2, 86:14, 104:1, 131:2, 19:8, 35:3, 41:5, 116:4, 124:7, 35:13, 105:22, 78:50, 59:4, 25:13, 44:26, 63:10, 34:23, 24:4, 31:8, 56:7, 71:23, 103:1, 103:22, 109:20, 116:8, 121:7, 142:8, 146:1, 6:4, 105:18, 123:4, 71:13, 31:10, 69:11, 10:3, 38:13, 49:19, 72:14, 89:49, 94:21, 86:13, 35:9, 107:5, 116:7, 31:14, 119:25, 119:28, 119:81, 130:5, 94:17, 63:6, 33:20, 55:19, 34:3, 119:175, 106:15, 88:15, 49:9, 66:9, 88:4, 30:4, 33:19, 143:11, 6:5, 35:7, 16:10, 17:13, 22:21, 35:12, 107:9, 139:14, 120:2, 138:3, 107:26, 57:7, 119:129, 119:109, 23:3, 94:19, 120:6 Proverbs 31:6, 25:13, 24:12, 28:17, 8:36, 19:8, 13:4, 21:10, 19:2, 24:14, 20:2, 6:26, 11:17, 13:2, 13:8, 12:10, 13:25, 23:7, 16:26, 19:18, 7:23, 29:24, 22:25, 23:2, 16:24, 14:25, 29:10, 1:18, 1:19, 25:25, 6:32, 22:23, 23:14, 2:10, 6:30, 27:7, 19:16, 28:25, 29:17, 11:25, 3:22, 16:17, 22:5, 10:3, 13:19, 6:16, 14:10, 11:30, 18:7, 15:32, 27:9, 21:23, 13:3, 19:15 Job 11:20, 30:25, 14:22, 23:13, 33:30, 3:20, 33:28, 30:16, 32:2, 2:4, 12:10, 2:6, 21:25, 31:39, 27:2, 31:30, 24:12, 27:8, 19:2, 7:11, 9:21, 16:4, 18:4, 6:11, 7:15, 13:14, 41:13, 10:1, 6:7, 33:20, 33:18, 33:22, 36:14 Song of Songs 1:7, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 5:6, 6:12 Ruth 4:15 Lamentations 2:19, 3:58, 1:19, 1:16, 2:12, 1:11, 3:24, 5:9, 3:51, 3:25, 3:20, 3:17 Ecclesiastes 2:24, 6:7, 7:28, 6:2, 4:8, 6:3, 6:9 Esther 8:11, 9:16, 4:13, 7:7, 9:31, 7:3 1 Chronicles 28:9, 11:19, 5:21, 22:19 2 Chronicles 6:38, 15:12, 34:31, 1:11

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