נָפַשׁ
nāpaš
take breath
Strong's H5314VerbHebrewTWOT 1395

נָפַשׁ (nāpaš) is a Hebrew verb meaning take breath. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5314).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1395)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1395)take breath, refresh oneself; breathe, refreshed; refresh selves
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָפַשׁ verb, denominative: take breath, refresh oneself

Strong's H5314 נָפַשׁ: to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon, i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)
KJV:(be) refresh selves (-ed).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Exodus 23:122 Samuel 16:14

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