9. נפשׁ = character is still more dub. : לֹא־יָֽשְׁרָה נ׳ בֹּו Hb 2:4 his soul is not right in him (but Ö οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ἡ ψυχή µου ἐν αὐτῷ [ εὐδοκεῖ = רצתה ], v. 6 ); נַפְשִׁי לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה Ez 4:14 my soul hath not (or I have not , 4 a ) been polluted .
•
10.
נ׳
in
D
, when used with
לבב
, is assim. to it, and shares with it the meanings of
7, 8, 9
; and so in later writers influenced by
D
(unless we may think that
ל׳
is used of intellect, while
נ׳
is used of the feelings): thus,
ובכל נפשׁ בכל לבב
(see
לבב
):
c.
דרשׁ
Dt 4:29 2 Ch 15:1
2;
עשׂה
Dt 26:1
6;
אהב
Dt 6:
5;
13:4
;
30:6
;
ידע
Jos 23:1
4;
עבד
Dt 10:1
2;
11:13 Jos 22:
5;
שׁמע בקלו
Dt 30:
2;
שׁוב אל
Dt 30:10 1 K 8:48
=
2 Ch 6:3
8,
2 K 23:25
;
שׁמר מצות
2 K 23:3
=
2 Ch 34:31
;
הלך לפני
1 K 2:
4; and
Dt 11:18 1 S 2:35 1 Ch 22:1
9;
28:9 Je 32:41
ψ 13:8
Pr 2:10
;
24:12
.
Note
.—In three cases is generally found closer approach to supposed radical meaning
breath:
—
a.
רעהו מעצת נפשׁ שׁמן וקטרת ישׂמח לב ומתק
Pr 27:
9.
Ges
(after Döderlein) renders
מעצת נ׳
more than odorous trees
, so later edds., even Buhl; but
É
De SS
transp.
וּמֶתֶק נ׳ מֵעֲצַת רֵעֵהוּ
.
Ö
Hi Bi
ומתקרעה
=
the soul is rent asunder by cars
. In any case
נפשׁ
is
||
לב
,
cf.
10
.
b.
נַפְשֹׁו גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט
Jb 41:13
his breath kindleth coals
(of the crocodile). The piece is one of the latest in the book; primitive meaning hardly in such a passage; context favours ref. to
passion
or
fury;
perhaps sub
6 f
,
his passion
or
fury
kindleth coals.
c.
בָּתֵּי הַנֶּפֶשׁ
Is 3:20
perfume boxes;
meaning evident from context; but not necessarily
scent
(
breath
)-
boxes;
may be
6 a
,
boxes of desire
, or
5
,
boxes exciting the sense of smell;
=
smelling
boxes or bottles. No sufficient evid. in
BH
, therefore, for meaning
breath,
odour
.—See, for complete study of
נֶפֶשׁ
(all passages),
Br
JBL 1897, 17 ff.
• [ נָפַשׁ S 5314 TWOT 1395 GK 5882 ] vb. denom. ( cf. Syriac ܢܰܦܶܫ (napeš) refresh; ܐܶܬܢܦܶܫ , ܐܶܬܢܰܦܰܫ ( ˒etnpeš, ˒etnapaš ) be refreshed; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( nafsa ) ) ;— Niph.
D
G. Dalman, usu.
circa., Aramäisches-Neuhebräisches Wörterbuch
;
Ges
W. Gesenius.
ÉÑ
Vulgate.
De Franz Delitzsch. SS C. Siegfried u. B. Stade, Hebräisches Wörterbuch. Hi F. Hitzig.
Bi G. Bickell. || parallel, of words (synonymous or contrasted); also of passages; sometimes = see parallel, or see also parallel.
BH Biblical Hebrew. Br C. A. Briggs.
JBL Journal of Biblical Literature. S Strongs Concordance