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H5315Hנֶ֫פֶשׁne.phesh

soul: lifePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 12
  2. 7
  3. 9
  4. 2
  5. 7
  6. 3
  7. 5
  8. 1
  9. 15
  10. 12
  11. 18
  12. 6
  13. 3
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. 4
  18. 10
  19. 22
  20. 14
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 32
  25. 5
  26. 9
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 4
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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Other meanings of H5315

  • H5315Gנֶ֫פֶשׁne.pheshsoulH:N-FOccurrences: 246
  • H5315Iנֶ֫פֶשׁne.pheshsoul: myselfH:N-FOccurrences: 130
  • H5315Jנֶ֫פֶשׁne.pheshsoul: personH:N-FOccurrences: 96
  • H5315Kנֶ֫פֶשׁne.pheshsoul: animalH:N-FOccurrences: 13
  • H5315Lנֶ֫פֶשׁne.pheshsoul: appetiteH:N-FOccurrences: 47
  • H5315Mנֶ֫פֶשׁne.pheshsoul: deadH:N-FOccurrences: 13
  • H5315Nנֶ֫פֶשׁne.pheshsoul: neckH:N-FOccurrences: 2

207 occurrences in 180 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Jeremiah 40:15

    Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying: 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it; wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee

    נֶּ֗פֶשׁ Ne.fesh “life”

  2. Jeremiah 42:20

    For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying: Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it;

    בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶם֒ (נַפְשֽׁוֹתֵי) naf.sho.tei. “selves”

  3. Jeremiah 44:30

    thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought

    נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (נַפְשׁ֑) naf.Sh “<of> life”נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (נַפְשֽׁ) naf.Sh “life”

  4. Jeremiah 45:5

    And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.'

    נַפְשְׁךָ֙ (נַפְשְׁ) naf.she. “life”

  5. Jeremiah 46:26

    and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

    נַפְשָׁ֔ם (נַפְשָׁ֔) naf.Sha “<of> life”

  6. Jeremiah 48:6

    Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.

    נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם (נַפְשְׁ) naf.she. “life”

  7. Jeremiah 49:37

    And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even My fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;

    נַפְשָׁ֗ם (נַפְשָׁ֗) naf.Sha “<of> life”

  8. Jeremiah 51:6

    Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life, be not cut off in her iniquity; for it is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; He will render unto her a recompense.

    נַפְשׁ֔וֹ (נַפְשׁ֔) naf.Sh “life”

  9. Jeremiah 51:45

    My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of the LORD.

    נַפְשׁ֑וֹ (נַפְשׁ֑) naf.Sh “life”

  10. Lamentations 1:11

    All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul. 'See, O LORD, and behold, how abject I am become.'

    נָ֑פֶשׁ Na.fesh “life”

  11. Lamentations 1:19

    I called for my lovers, but they deceived me; my priests and mine elders perished in the city, while they sought them food to refresh their souls.

    נַפְשָֽׁם׃ (נַפְשָֽׁ) naf.Sha “life”

  12. Lamentations 2:12

    They say to their mothers: 'Where is corn and wine?' when they swoon as the wounded in the broad places of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom.

    נַפְשָׁ֔ם (נַפְשָׁ֔) naf.Sha “life”

  13. Lamentations 2:19

    Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward Him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.'

    נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ ne.fesh “[the] life”

  14. Lamentations 5:9

    We get our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

    בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ (נַפְשֵׁ֙) naf.She. “life”

  15. Ezekiel 14:14

    though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

    נַפְשָׁ֔ם (נַפְשָׁ֔) naf.Sha “own life”

  16. Ezekiel 14:20

    though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

    נַפְשָֽׁם׃ (נַפְשָֽׁ) naf.Sha “own life”

  17. Ezekiel 17:17

    Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company succour him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many souls;

    נְפָשׁ֥וֹת ne.fa.Shot “lives”

  18. Ezekiel 18:27

    Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

    נַפְשׁ֥וֹ (נַפְשׁ֥) naf.Sh “life”

  19. Ezekiel 22:25

    There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

    נֶ֣פֶשׁ Ne.fesh “person[s]”

  20. Ezekiel 22:27

    Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey: to shed blood, and to destroy souls, so as to get dishonest gain.

    נְפָשׁ֔וֹת ne.fa.Shot “lives”

  21. Ezekiel 27:13

    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

    בְּנֶ֤פֶשׁ (נֶ֤פֶשׁ) Ne.fesh “[the] life of”

  22. Ezekiel 32:10

    Yea, I will make many peoples appalled at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

    לְנַפְשׁ֔וֹ (נַפְשׁ֔) naf.Sh “life”

  23. Ezekiel 33:5

    he heard the sound of the horn, and took not warning, his blood shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.

    נַפְשׁ֥וֹ (נַפְשׁ֥) naf.Sh “life”

  24. Amos 2:14

    And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

    נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (נַפְשֽׁ) naf.Sh “life”

  25. Amos 2:15

    Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

    נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ (נַפְשֽׁ) naf.Sh “life”