Numbers 31:46

Lexical meaning

Definition

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

Derivation

from H5314 (נָפַשׁ);

KJV renderings

any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.

Grammar

• וְ — conjunction
• נֶ֣פֶשׁ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct

Code HC/Ncbsc

Usage

Occurs 757 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:20Genesis 1:21Genesis 1:24Genesis 1:30Genesis 2:7

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נֶפֶשׁ here.