Etymology

nephesh

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Today it means: The tangible aspects of life, as possessed by human beings and the higher animals; sometimes translated as soul. Full definition →

Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromנֶפֶשׁ
  2. English todaynephesh

Borrowed from Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ.

Words from the same roots

Hebrewנֶפֶשׁ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.