The toughest word

What's in a word? Nothing at all. By itself, it is a grunt. Too little information. A word only 'means' something through its usage. So how is it used? And what other grunts is it used with? And over what period of time and in what cultures? O my beard and whiskers - that is too much information.

I have been asking myself about the grunt that sounds like nephesh נפשׁ in Hebrew. There are of course pat answers and common glosses. But do they point to truth? Is it really the same idea as the English soul?

The wiki article on soul is really quite interesting. It appears that both the Greek and Hebrew origins are related to breathing. What does that do for my chosen glosses for this word? For some of them, the connection to breathing is clear.

I began in 2010 with being, but it is not perfect for a choice as gloss. It overlaps with both an English helping verb and the verb to be and clearly hayah does not sound like nephesh. Being is not the dominant gloss for נפשׁ in my reading. It is about 31% of usage excluding the 440 times I have glossed the stem as a personal pronoun. And the overlap with to be is minimal - I have used being for העה only a dozen times. The overlap with helping verbs is also small. I use being only about 40 times as a helping verb.

The most 'literal' meaning of נפשׁ is the very physical throat. In some contexts it can also refer to a cadaver whether walking and talking or not. Where there is a whole bunch of people referred to as one nephesh, I have used the gloss group.

I have used these glosses.
being (215 uses so far) integrity (85) very self (53) group (46) self (44) throat (31) cadaver (25) -- (10) anyone (5) regroup (3) very selves (3) group being (2) selfish (2) selves (2) -hold (1) being - being (1) everyone (1) groups together (1) self- (1) such selves (1), glossed as a pronoun (440)

It can be used as a verb also - see the uses of regroup below.

What is my conclusion? Is there an immortal soul, integrity, self, group for all? The text of the Bible neither supports this conclusion nor denies it. When I say all, I include all animal life. See Qohelet below. Chapter 6 is a meditation on justice. But it is chapter 3 that deals with spirit (sprite) that would be more relevant to an approach to our study of animal life. Ecclesiastes 3:21 is a question that is timeless:

Who knows if the sprite of the earthling child ascends herself upward,
or the sprite of the beast descends herself to the couch of the earth?

Though spirit is the dominant gloss for this stem, the gloss for רוח in Qohelet is mostly (17/24) wind. And in this chapter we have the merism of up and down to deal with as well!

רוח spirit (232) wind (125) interval (3) sprite (2) windy (2) aspirate (1) breathing-room (1) there spirit (1) ventilate (1) wisp (1)

Having got this far, I have not got far. But I have seen the landscape. My conclusion is that we must love. And it will be costly. One word won't get us everywhere. If there is an outside of time, a grave gravity graven in this canonical grove, a unity that is good, and which we must distinguish from the not good, then we will get there. And I am sure we will find comfort.

The TNK (Hebrew Bible) is a source for my conclusions if I read it well. There are for me, and must be for others, other sources, but I have not had time to read them in this kind of detail. And given the errors that can be derived from a poor reading, I think it is important not to jump to conclusions.

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Below are all 741 uses of נפשׁ. The sequence they are in is word form within book. Unfortunately one can't tell much from a list of locations where a word is used. But one could study them further. The hand below points to the chapter in Bob's Bible where this phrase is used (available if it is drafted and published). The hover links are to the Common Jewish Bible.

Genesis נפשׁ
בנפשׁו in his integrity	Gen 44:30 ✍,
בנפשׁו in its integrity	Gen 9:4 ✍,
הנפשׁ the cadavers	Gen 14:21 ✍,
הנפשׁ the group	Gen 12:5 ✍, Gen 46:26 ✍,
הנפשׁ the group of	Gen 46:27 ✍,
הנפשׁ very self	Gen 17:14 ✍,
ונפשׁו for his integrity	Gen 44:30 ✍,
לנפשׁ to self	Gen 2:7 ✍,
לנפשׁתיכם for your integrity	Gen 9:5 ✍,
נפשׁ a group of	Gen 46:27 ✍,
נפשׁ being	Gen 1:20 ✍, Gen 1:24 ✍, Gen 9:12 ✍, Gen 9:15 ✍, Gen 9:16 ✍,
נפשׁ beings	Gen 9:10 ✍,
נפשׁ his being	Gen 37:21 ✍,
נפשׁ in the group	Gen 46:18 ✍,
נפשׁ the being	Gen 1:21 ✍,
נפשׁ the being of	Gen 1:30 ✍,
נפשׁ the group being	Gen 46:22 ✍, Gen 46:25 ✍,
נפשׁ the group of	Gen 46:15 ✍,
נפשׁ the group was	Gen 46:26 ✍,
נפשׁ the integrity of	Gen 9:5 ✍,
נפשׁ the self	Gen 2:19 ✍,
נפשׁה her being	Gen 35:18 ✍,
נפשׁו -	Gen 34:3 , Gen 34:8 ,
נפשׁו his being	Gen 42:21 ✍,
נפשׁות -hold	Gen 36:6 ✍,
נפשׁי I	Gen 12:13 ✍, Gen 19:20 ✍, Gen 27:4 ✍, Gen 27:25 ✍, Gen 32:31 ✍,
נפשׁי me	Gen 19:19 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Gen 49:6 ✍,
נפשׁך you	Gen 27:19 ✍, Gen 27:31 ✍,
נפשׁך your self	Gen 19:17 ✍,
נפשׁכם your group	Gen 23:8 ✍,

Exodus נפשׁ
הנפשׁ being	Exo 12:15 ✍, Exo 12:19 ✍,
הנפשׁ group	Exo 31:14 ✍,
וינפשׁ and regrouped	Exo 31:17 ✍,
וינפשׁ and will regroup	Exo 23:12 ✍,
נפשׁ --	Exo 12:16 ✍,
נפשׁ of them	Exo 1:5 ✍,
נפשׁ those	Exo 1:5 ✍,
נפשׁ throat	Exo 21:23 ✍,
נפשׁ what it is to be	Exo 23:9 ✍,
נפשׁו his integrity	Exo 21:30 ✍,
נפשׁו their own	Exo 30:12 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Exo 15:9 ✍,
נפשׁך your being	Exo 4:19 ✍,
נפשׁת their	Exo 12:4 ✍,
נפשׁתיכם yourselves	Exo 16:16 ✍, Exo 30:15 ✍, Exo 30:16 ✍,

Leviticus נפשׁ
בנפשׁ against the very self	Lev 17:10 ✍,
בנפשׁ against very self	Lev 20:6 ✍,
בנפשׁ for integrity	Lev 17:11 ✍,
בנפשׁו in its integrity	Lev 17:14 ✍,
הנפשׁ --	Lev 23:29 ✍,
הנפשׁ being	Lev 22:3 ✍,
הנפשׁ group	Lev 23:30 ✍,
הנפשׁ the group	Lev 23:30 ✍,
הנפשׁ the very self	Lev 7:25 ✍,
הנפשׁ very self	Lev 7:20 ✍, Lev 7:21 ✍, Lev 7:27 ✍, Lev 19:8 ✍,
הנפשׁות the groups	Lev 18:29 ✍,
והנפשׁ and the self	Lev 7:18 ✍, Lev 20:6 ✍,
והנפשׁ but the self	Lev 7:20 ✍,
ונפשׁ and if anyone	Lev 5:1 ✍,
ונפשׁ and the self	Lev 2:1 ✍, Lev 7:21 ✍,
לנפשׁ for a cadaver	Lev 19:28 ✍, Lev 21:1 ✍,
נפשׁ -	Lev 26:16 ,
נפשׁ a being	Lev 22:6 ✍, Lev 22:11 ✍,
נפשׁ anyone	Lev 5:2 ✍, Lev 5:4 ✍,
נפשׁ being	Lev 24:17 ✍,
נפשׁ beings	Lev 11:10 ✍, Lev 11:46 ✍,
נפשׁ cadaver	Lev 22:4 ✍,
נפשׁ of you	Lev 4:27 ✍,
נפשׁ one	Lev 17:12 ✍,
נפשׁ self	Lev 7:27 ✍,
נפשׁ the being	Lev 11:46 ✍,
נפשׁ the integrity of	Lev 17:11 ✍, Lev 17:14 ✍,
נפשׁ the self	Lev 4:2 ✍, Lev 5:15 ✍, Lev 5:17 ✍, Lev 5:21 ✍,
נפשׁ the throat of	Lev 24:18 ✍,
נפשׁ throat	Lev 24:18 ✍,
נפשׁ you	Lev 17:15 ✍,
נפשׁי -	Lev 26:11 , Lev 26:30 ,
נפשׁכם -	Lev 26:15 ,
נפשׁם -	Lev 26:43 ,
נפשׁת beings	Lev 27:2 ✍,
נפשׁת cadavers	Lev 21:11 ✍,
נפשׁתיכם yourselves	Lev 11:43 ✍, Lev 11:44 ✍, Lev 16:29 ✍, Lev 16:31 ✍, Lev 17:11 ✍, Lev 20:25 ✍, Lev 23:27 ✍, Lev 23:32 ✍,

Numbers נפשׁ
בנפשׁ by anyone's	Num 35:30 ✍,
בנפשׁ the cadaver of	Num 19:13 ✍,
בנפשׁתם against themselves	Num 17:3 ✍,
הנפשׁ being	Num 19:20 ✍,
הנפשׁ cadaver	Num 9:13 ✍,
הנפשׁ group	Num 15:30 ✍, Num 15:31 ✍,
הנפשׁ integrity	Num 5:6 ✍,
הנפשׁ self	Num 19:13 ✍,
הנפשׁ the being	Num 6:11 ✍,
הנפשׁ the self	Num 15:28 ✍,
הנפשׁות the groups	Num 19:18 ✍,
והנפשׁ but the being	Num 19:22 ✍,
והנפשׁ but the self	Num 15:30 ✍,
ונפשׁ and a group of	Num 31:35 ✍, Num 31:40 ✍, Num 31:46 ✍,
ונפשׁנו and our group	Num 21:5 ✍,
לנפשׁ for the cadaver of	Num 35:31 ✍,
לנפשׁ from a cadaver	Num 5:2 ✍, Num 9:6 ✍, Num 9:7 ✍, Num 9:10 ✍,
נפשׁ a being	Num 6:6 ✍, Num 30:14 ✍, Num 31:19 ✍,
נפשׁ a group of	Num 31:40 ✍,
נפשׁ as a group of	Num 21:4 ✍,
נפשׁ being	Num 31:28 ✍,
נפשׁ cadaver	Num 19:11 ✍,
נפשׁ of you	Num 15:27 ✍,
נפשׁ someone	Num 35:11 ✍, Num 35:15 ✍, Num 35:30 ✍,
נפשׁ the group	Num 31:35 ✍,
נפשׁה her very self	Num 30:5 ✍, Num 30:6 ✍, Num 30:7 ✍, Num 30:8 ✍, Num 30:9 ✍, Num 30:10 ✍, Num 30:11 ✍, Num 30:12 ✍, Num 30:13 ✍,
נפשׁו his very self	Num 30:3 ✍,
נפשׁי my throat	Num 23:10 ,
נפשׁנו we	Num 11:6 ✍,
נפשׁתיכם yourselves	Num 29:7 ✍,
נפשׁתינו our group	Num 31:50 ✍,

Deuteronomy נפשׁ
בנפשׁ by throat	Deu 19:21 ✍,
הנפשׁ the integrity	Deu 12:23 ✍,
כנפשׁך -	Deu 23:25 ,
כנפשׁך as your own self	Deu 13:7 ✍,
לנפשׁה -	Deu 21:14 ,
לנפשׁתיכם for your integrity	Deu 4:15 ✍,
נפשׁ -	Deu 22:26 , Deu 24:7 ✍,
נפשׁ --	Deu 24:6 ✍,
נפשׁ a group	Deu 10:22 ✍,
נפשׁ him	Deu 19:6 ✍, Deu 19:11 ✍,
נפשׁ integrity	Deu 28:65 ✍,
נפשׁ the integrity of	Deu 27:25 ✍,
נפשׁ throat	Deu 19:21 ✍,
נפשׁו his very self	Deu 18:6 ✍, Deu 24:15 ✍,
נפשׁך you	Deu 12:20 ✍,
נפשׁך your being	Deu 4:29 ✍, Deu 6:5 ✍, Deu 10:12 ✍, Deu 12:15 ✍, Deu 12:20 ✍, Deu 12:21 ✍, Deu 14:26 ✍, Deu 26:16 ✍, Deu 30:2 ✍, Deu 30:6 ✍, Deu 30:10 ✍,
נפשׁך your integrity	Deu 4:9 ✍,
נפשׁכם your being	Deu 11:13 ✍, Deu 13:4 ✍,
נפשׁכם your very self	Deu 11:18 ✍,

Joshua נפשׁ
הנפשׁ --	Jos 11:11 ✍,
הנפשׁ the group	Jos 10:28 ✍, Jos 10:30 ✍, Jos 10:32 ✍, Jos 10:35 ✍, Jos 10:37 ✍,
לנפשׁתיכם for your integrity	Jos 23:11 ✍,
לנפשׁתינו -	Jos 9:24 ,
נפשׁ someone	Jos 20:3 ✍, Jos 20:9 ✍,
נפשׁ the group	Jos 10:39 ✍,
נפשׁכם your being	Jos 22:5 ✍, Jos 23:14 ✍,
נפשׁנו our group	Jos 2:14 ✍,
נפשׁתינו our group	Jos 2:13 ✍,

Judges נפשׁ
ונפשׁ and those of	Jud 18:25 ✍,
נפשׁ --	Jud 18:25 ✍,
נפשׁו he was	Jud 10:16 ✍, Jud 16:16 ,
נפשׁו his group	Jud 5:18 ✍,
נפשׁו his very self	Jud 9:17 ,
נפשׁי me	Jud 16:30 ,
נפשׁי my group	Jud 12:3 ✍,
נפשׁי my integrity	Jud 5:21 ✍,
נפשׁך your very self	Jud 18:25 ✍,

1 Samuel נפשׁ
בנפשׁ -	1Sa 18:1 ,
בנפשׁי for me	1Sa 28:9 ✍,
ובנפשׁי and in my being	1Sa 2:35 ✍,
ונפשׁ -	1Sa 18:1 ,
כנפשׁו -	1Sa 18:1 , 1Sa 18:3 ,
נפשׁ -	1Sa 25:29 ,
נפשׁ --	1Sa 22:2 ✍, 1Sa 25:29 ,
נפשׁ being	1Sa 1:10 ✍,
נפשׁ the integrity of	1Sa 22:22 ✍, 1Sa 30:6 ✍,
נפשׁו -	1Sa 20:17 ,
נפשׁו his very self	1Sa 19:5 , 1Sa 23:15 ✍,
נפשׁי me	1Sa 22:23 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	1Sa 1:15 ✍, 1Sa 28:21 ✍,
נפשׁי my integrity	1Sa 20:1 , 1Sa 24:12 ✍, 1Sa 26:21 ✍, 1Sa 26:24 ✍,
נפשׁך -	1Sa 20:4 ,
נפשׁך you	1Sa 2:16 ✍, 1Sa 2:33 ✍, 1Sa 20:3 , 1Sa 22:23 ✍, 1Sa 25:26 ,
נפשׁך your being	1Sa 1:26 ✍, 1Sa 17:55 ✍, 1Sa 19:11 , 1Sa 23:20 ✍, 1Sa 25:29 ,
נפשׁך your integrity	1Sa 26:24 ✍,

2 Samuel נפשׁ
בנפשׁ for the integrity of	2Sa 14:7 ✍,
בנפשׁותם -	2Sa 23:17 ,
בנפשׁי -	2Sa 18:13 ,
וינפשׁ and he regrouped	2Sa 16:14 ✍,
ונפשׁ and the integrity of	2Sa 19:6 ✍,
נפשׁ -	2Sa 17:8 ,
נפשׁ a cadaver	2Sa 14:14 ✍,
נפשׁ the integrity of	2Sa 5:8 ✍, 2Sa 19:6 ✍,
נפשׁי me	2Sa 4:9 ✍,
נפשׁי my integrity	2Sa 1:9 ✍, 2Sa 16:11 ✍,
נפשׁך your being	2Sa 4:8 ✍,
נפשׁך your integrity	2Sa 3:21 ✍, 2Sa 11:11 ✍, 2Sa 14:19 ✍,
נפשׁך your very self	2Sa 19:6 ✍,

1 Kings נפשׁ
בנפשׁו against himself	1Kings 2:23 ✍,
כנפשׁ as the cadaver of	1Kings 19:2 ✍,
נפשׁ -	1Kings 17:21 , 1Kings 17:22 ,
נפשׁ --	1Kings 1:12 ✍,
נפשׁ the throat of	1Kings 3:11 ✍,
נפשׁו -	1Kings 20:39 , 1Kings 20:42 ,
נפשׁו he was	1Kings 19:4 ✍,
נפשׁו his own cadaver	1Kings 19:3 ✍,
נפשׁי me	1Kings 1:29 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	1Kings 20:32 ,
נפשׁי my cadaver	1Kings 19:4 ✍,
נפשׁי my throat	1Kings 19:10 ✍, 1Kings 19:14 ✍,
נפשׁך -	1Kings 20:39 , 1Kings 20:42 ,
נפשׁך your being	1Kings 20:31 ,
נפשׁך your cadaver	1Kings 19:2 ✍,
נפשׁך your integrity	1Kings 11:37 ✍,
נפשׁך yourself	1Kings 1:12 ✍,
נפשׁם their integrity	1Kings 2:4 ✍, 1Kings 8:48 ✍,

2 Kings נפשׁ
ונפשׁ and the being of	2Kings 1:13 ✍,
נפשׁ integrity	2Kings 23:3 ✍,
נפשׁה -	2Kings 4:27 ,
נפשׁו -	2Kings 10:24 ,
נפשׁו his integrity	2Kings 23:25 ✍,
נפשׁות those who	2Kings 12:5 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	2Kings 1:13 ✍, 2Kings 1:14 ✍,
נפשׁך you	2Kings 2:2 ✍, 2Kings 2:4 ✍, 2Kings 2:6 ✍, 2Kings 4:30 ,
נפשׁכם your selves	2Kings 9:15 ,
נפשׁם themselves	2Kings 7:7 ✍,

Isaiah נפשׁ
הנפשׁ --	Isa 3:20 ✍,
ונפשׁ and the one who is	Isa 58:10 ✍,
ונפשׁו -	Isa 29:8 ,
ונפשׁם and their group	Isa 46:2 ✍,
לנפשׁך to your being	Isa 51:23 ✍,
לנפשׁם to them	Isa 3:9 ✍,
מנפשׁ from throat	Isa 10:18 ✍,
נפשׁ --	Isa 19:10 ✍,
נפשׁ a self	Isa 32:6 ✍, Isa 49:7 ✍,
נפשׁ integrity	Isa 26:8 ✍,
נפשׁ self	Isa 56:11 ✍,
נפשׁה her throat	Isa 5:14 ✍,
נפשׁו -	Isa 29:8 ,
נפשׁו him	Isa 53:10 ✍,
נפשׁו himself	Isa 53:12 ✍,
נפשׁו his	Isa 53:11 ✍,
נפשׁו his very self	Isa 44:20 ,
נפשׁו its integrity	Isa 15:4 ✍,
נפשׁו its very self	Isa 58:5 ✍,
נפשׁי I	Isa 1:14 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Isa 38:17 ✍, Isa 61:10 ✍,
נפשׁי my very self	Isa 42:1 ✍,
נפשׁי myself	Isa 26:9 ✍,
נפשׁי that is mine	Isa 38:15 ✍,
נפשׁך -	Isa 43:4 ,
נפשׁך your being	Isa 58:10 ✍, Isa 58:11 ✍,
נפשׁכם your integrity	Isa 55:3 ✍,
נפשׁכם your self	Isa 55:2 ✍,
נפשׁם their integrity	Isa 66:3 ✍,
נפשׁם themselves	Isa 47:14 ✍,
נפשׁנו ourselves	Isa 58:3 ✍,

Jeremiah נפשׁ
בנפשׁו by his integrity	Jer 51:14 ✍,
בנפשׁותיכם in your integrity	Jer 17:21 ✍, Jer 42:20 ✍,
הנפשׁ --	Jer 43:6 ✍,
הנפשׁ integrity	Jer 38:16 ✍,
הנפשׁ the very self	Jer 4:10 ✍,
לנפשׁי for me	Jer 18:20 ✍,
לנפשׁכם -	Jer 6:16 ,
לנפשׁם for themselves	Jer 34:16 ✍,
נפשׁ a group of	Jer 52:29 ✍, Jer 52:30 ✍,
נפשׁ groups together	Jer 52:30 ✍,
נפשׁ he	Jer 40:15 ✍,
נפשׁ him	Jer 40:14 ✍,
נפשׁ the being of	Jer 31:14 ✍,
נפשׁ the throat of	Jer 20:13 ✍,
נפשׁ throat	Jer 31:25 ✍,
נפשׁה her throat	Jer 2:24 ✍, Jer 15:9 ✍,
נפשׁה herself	Jer 3:11 ✍,
נפשׁו -	Jer 50:19 ,
נפשׁו his very self	Jer 44:30 ✍,
נפשׁו its very self	Jer 21:9 ✍, Jer 38:2 ✍, Jer 51:6 ✍, Jer 51:45 ✍,
נפשׁות the beings of	Jer 2:34 ✍,
נפשׁותינו ourselves	Jer 26:19 ✍,
נפשׁי -	Jer 6:8 , Jer 13:17 ,
נפשׁי I would have integrity	Jer 15:1 ✍,
נפשׁי O my very self	Jer 4:19 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Jer 32:41 ✍,
נפשׁי my integrity	Jer 5:9 ✍, Jer 5:29 ✍, Jer 9:8 ✍, Jer 12:7 ✍,
נפשׁי my very self	Jer 4:31 ✍,
נפשׁך you	Jer 38:17 ✍, Jer 38:20 ✍,
נפשׁך your being	Jer 11:21 ✍, Jer 39:18 ✍, Jer 45:5 ✍,
נפשׁך your integrity	Jer 14:19 ✍, Jer 22:25 ✍, Jer 38:16 ✍,
נפשׁך your very self	Jer 4:30 ✍,
נפשׁכם -	Jer 48:6 ,
נפשׁם for themselves	Jer 22:27 ✍, Jer 44:14 ✍,
נפשׁם their being	Jer 31:12 ✍,
נפשׁם their cadaver	Jer 19:7 ✍, Jer 19:9 ✍, Jer 21:7 ✍, Jer 34:20 ✍, Jer 34:21 ✍, Jer 46:26 ✍, Jer 49:37 ,
נפשׁתיכם yourselves	Jer 37:9 ✍,
נפשׁתכם your integrity	Jer 44:7 ✍,

Ezekiel נפשׁ
בנפשׁ -	Eze 27:13 ,
בנפשׁ into the will of	Eze 16:27 ✍,
בנפשׁ selfish	Eze 25:6 ✍, Eze 25:15 ✍,
הנפשׁ the being	Eze 18:4 ✍, Eze 18:20 ✍,
הנפשׁות beings	Eze 18:4 ✍,
הנפשׁות the groups	Eze 13:20 ✍,
הנפשׁות the groups that	Eze 13:18 ✍, Eze 13:20 ✍,
וכנפשׁ so the being of	Eze 18:4 ✍,
ונפשׁות and the groups	Eze 13:18 ✍,
כנפשׁ as the being of	Eze 18:4 ✍,
לנפשׁו for its own integrity	Eze 32:10 ✍,
נפשׁ -	Eze 22:25 , Eze 27:31 ,
נפשׁ anyone	Eze 33:6 ✍,
נפשׁ being	Eze 47:9 ✍,
נפשׁ integrity	Eze 36:5 ✍,
נפשׁה -	Eze 23:17 ,
נפשׁו his very self	Eze 33:5 ✍,
נפשׁו its very self	Eze 18:27 ✍,
נפשׁות -	Eze 22:27 ,
נפשׁות everyone	Eze 13:18 ✍,
נפשׁות groups	Eze 13:19 ✍,
נפשׁות throats	Eze 17:17 ✍,
נפשׁי -	Eze 23:18 ,
נפשׁי my being	Eze 4:14 ✍,
נפשׁים the groups	Eze 13:20 ✍,
נפשׁך -	Eze 23:22 , Eze 23:28 ,
נפשׁך your being	Eze 3:19 ✍, Eze 3:21 ✍,
נפשׁך your integrity	Eze 16:5 ✍,
נפשׁך your very self	Eze 33:9 ✍,
נפשׁכם -	Eze 24:21 ,
נפשׁם -	Eze 24:25 ,
נפשׁם their integrity	Eze 7:19 ✍,
נפשׁם themselves	Eze 14:14 ✍, Eze 14:20 ✍,

Hosea נפשׁ
לנפשׁם for themselves	Hos 9:4 ✍,
נפשׁו their being	Hos 4:8 ✍,

Amos נפשׁ
בנפשׁו by his integrity	Amo 6:8 ✍,
נפשׁו himself	Amo 2:14 ✍, Amo 2:15 ✍,

Jonah נפשׁ
בנפשׁ in the being	Jon 1:14 ✍,
נפשׁ the throat	Jon 2:6 ✍,
נפשׁו he was	Jon 4:8 ✍,
נפשׁי I	Jon 2:8 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Jon 4:3 ✍,

Micah נפשׁ
נפשׁו his	Mic 7:3 ✍,
נפשׁי I	Mic 7:1 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Mic 6:7 ✍,

Habakkuk נפשׁ
נפשׁו is his being	Hab 2:4 ✍,
נפשׁו its throat	Hab 2:5 ✍,
נפשׁך your being	Hab 2:10 ✍,

Haggai נפשׁ
נפשׁ being	Hag 2:13 ✍,

Zechariah נפשׁ
נפשׁי my being	Zec 11:8 ✍,
נפשׁם their beings	Zec 11:8 ✍,

Psalms נפשׁ
בנפשׁ in being	Psa 17:9 ,
בנפשׁ into the throat of	Psa 41:3 ,
בנפשׁ to the throat of	Psa 27:12 ,
בנפשׁו by his integrity	Psa 105:22 ,
בנפשׁי on myself	Psa 13:3 ,
בנפשׁי within me	Psa 138:3 ,
בנפשׁם to their being	Psa 106:15 ,
ונפשׁ and a self	Psa 107:9 ✍,
ונפשׁו but his being	Psa 22:30 ✍,
ונפשׁות and	Psa 72:13 ,
ונפשׁי and my being	Psa 6:4 ✍, Psa 35:9 , Psa 71:23 ,
ונפשׁי as my self	Psa 139:14 ✍,
לנפשׁי for me	Psa 35:7 , Psa 59:4 ,
לנפשׁי for my being	Psa 66:16 ,
לנפשׁי my being	Psa 142:5 ,
לנפשׁי of me	Psa 3:3 ✍,
לנפשׁי of my being	Psa 35:12 ,
לנפשׁי to me	Psa 11:1 ,
לנפשׁי to my being	Psa 35:3 ,
לנפשׁם for themselves	Psa 78:18 ✍,
נפשׁ a self	Psa 107:9 ✍,
נפשׁ any being	Psa 19:8 ,
נפשׁ the being of	Psa 34:23 , Psa 86:4 , Psa 94:21 ,
נפשׁ the throat	Psa 69:2 ,
נפשׁ the throat of	Psa 74:19 ,
נפשׁו he	Psa 11:5 , Psa 89:49 ✍,
נפשׁו him	Psa 109:31 ,
נפשׁו himself	Psa 49:19 ,
נפשׁו his throat	Psa 105:18 ,
נפשׁו its own	Psa 10:3 ,
נפשׁו now he	Psa 25:13 ✍,
נפשׁות --	Psa 97:10 ✍,
נפשׁי I am	Psa 57:5 ,
נפשׁי O my being	Psa 42:6 , Psa 42:12 , Psa 43:5 , Psa 103:1 , Psa 103:2 , Psa 103:22 , Psa 104:1 ✍, Psa 104:35 ✍, Psa 116:7 ✍, Psa 146:1 ,
נפשׁי being - my being	Psa 34:3 ,
נפשׁי is my being	Psa 57:7 ,
נפשׁי me	Psa 7:3 ✍, Psa 7:6 ✍, Psa 16:10 , Psa 17:13 , Psa 24:4 , Psa 26:9 , Psa 30:4 , Psa 35:17 , Psa 49:16 , Psa 56:7 , Psa 56:14 , Psa 109:20 ,
נפשׁי my being	Psa 6:5 ✍, Psa 22:21 ✍, Psa 23:3 , Psa 31:8 ✍, Psa 31:10 ✍, Psa 31:14 ✍, Psa 35:4 , Psa 35:13 , Psa 38:13 ✍, Psa 40:15 , Psa 41:5 , Psa 42:2 , Psa 42:3 , Psa 42:5 , Psa 42:7 , Psa 54:5 , Psa 54:6 , Psa 55:19 , Psa 57:2 , Psa 62:2 ✍, Psa 62:6 ✍, Psa 63:2 , Psa 63:6 , Psa 63:9 , Psa 63:10 , Psa 69:11 , Psa 69:19 , Psa 70:3 , Psa 71:10 , Psa 71:13 , Psa 77:3 ✍, Psa 84:3 , Psa 86:2 , Psa 86:4 , Psa 86:13 , Psa 86:14 , Psa 88:4 , Psa 88:15 , Psa 94:17 , Psa 94:19 , Psa 116:4 ✍, Psa 116:8 ✍, Psa 119:20 ✍, Psa 119:25 ✍, Psa 119:28 ✍, Psa 119:81 ✍, Psa 119:129 ✍, Psa 119:167 ✍, Psa 119:175 ✍, Psa 120:2 , Psa 120:6 , Psa 130:5 , Psa 130:6 , Psa 131:2 , Psa 141:8 , Psa 142:8 , Psa 143:3 , Psa 143:6 , Psa 143:8 , Psa 143:11 , Psa 143:12 ,
נפשׁי my self	Psa 25:1 ✍, Psa 25:20 ✍,
נפשׁי now my being is	Psa 119:109 ✍,
נפשׁך your being	Psa 121:7 ,
נפשׁם their being	Psa 33:19 , Psa 78:50 ✍,
נפשׁם their beings	Psa 107:5 ✍, Psa 107:18 ✍, Psa 107:26 ✍,
נפשׁם their self-	Psa 49:9 ,
נפשׁם them	Psa 72:14 ,
נפשׁנו our being	Psa 33:20 , Psa 123:4 , Psa 124:7 ,
נפשׁנו our being is	Psa 44:26 ,
נפשׁנו ours he is	Psa 35:25 ,
נפשׁנו us	Psa 66:9 , Psa 124:4 , Psa 124:5 ,

Proverbs נפשׁ
בנפשׁו against itself	Pro 7:23 ✍, Pro 23:7 ✍,
ונפשׁ and a self	Pro 19:15 ✍,
ונפשׁ and the being of	Pro 25:13 ✍,
ונפשׁ but self	Pro 13:4 ✍,
ונפשׁ but the throat of	Pro 13:2 ✍,
ונפשׁ but to a self	Pro 27:7 ✍,
ונפשׁו and its integrity	Pro 23:14 ✍,
לנפשׁ to integrity	Pro 13:19 ✍, Pro 16:24 ✍,
לנפשׁך for your throat	Pro 3:22 ✍,
לנפשׁך to your being	Pro 2:10 ✍, Pro 24:14 ✍, Pro 29:17 ✍,
לנפשׁך to your integrity	Pro 22:25 ✍,
לנפשׁתם themselves	Pro 1:18 ✍,
נפשׁ a cadaver	Pro 28:17 ✍,
נפשׁ a self	Pro 6:26 ✍, Pro 27:7 ✍,
נפשׁ integrity	Pro 19:2 ✍, Pro 23:2 ✍, Pro 27:9 ✍,
נפשׁ self	Pro 1:19 ✍, Pro 13:8 ✍, Pro 21:10 ✍, Pro 28:25 ✍, Pro 31:6 ✍,
נפשׁ the integrity of	Pro 10:3 ✍, Pro 12:10 ✍, Pro 22:23 ✍,
נפשׁ the self	Pro 16:26 ✍,
נפשׁ the self that	Pro 11:25 ✍,
נפשׁ throat	Pro 25:25 ✍,
נפשׁו for it	Pro 13:4 ✍,
נפשׁו him	Pro 29:10 ✍,
נפשׁו himself	Pro 6:32 ✍, Pro 15:32 ✍,
נפשׁו integrity	Pro 11:17 ✍,
נפשׁו its	Pro 14:10 ✍,
נפשׁו its being	Pro 13:25 ✍, Pro 18:7 ✍,
נפשׁו its integrity	Pro 19:8 ✍, Pro 21:23 ✍, Pro 22:5 ✍,
נפשׁו itself	Pro 6:30 ✍, Pro 8:36 ✍, Pro 13:3 ✍, Pro 16:17 ✍, Pro 19:16 ✍, Pro 20:2 ✍, Pro 29:24 ✍,
נפשׁו to him	Pro 6:16 ✍,
נפשׁות beings	Pro 14:25 ✍,
נפשׁך you	Pro 24:12 ✍,
נפשׁך yourself	Pro 19:18 ✍,
נפשׂות such selves	Pro 11:30 ✍,

Job נפשׁ
בנפשׁ within itself	Job 21:25 ✍,
ונפשׁ and the being of	Job 24:12 ✍, Job 31:39 ✍,
ונפשׁו and his being	Job 14:22 ✍, Job 23:13 ✍,
ונפשׁו and its very self	Job 33:20 ✍,
ונפשׁי and myself	Job 13:14 ✍,
נפשׁ a self	Job 11:20 ✍,
נפשׁ is the being of	Job 12:10 ✍,
נפשׁ self	Job 3:20 ✍,
נפשׁו his very self	Job 2:4 ✍, Job 2:6 ✍, Job 27:8 ✍, Job 31:30 ✍, Job 32:2 ✍, Job 41:21 ✍,
נפשׁו its very self	Job 33:18 ✍, Job 33:22 ✍, Job 33:28 ✍, Job 33:30 ✍,
נפשׁו itself	Job 18:4 ✍,
נפשׁי me	Job 27:2 ✍,
נפשׁי my	Job 16:4 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Job 6:7 ✍, Job 6:11 ✍, Job 7:11 ✍, Job 10:1 ✍, Job 19:2 ✍, Job 30:16 ✍,
נפשׁי my self	Job 9:21 ✍,
נפשׁי my throat	Job 7:15 ✍,
נפשׁי my very self	Job 30:25 ✍,
נפשׁכם your selves	Job 16:4 ✍,
נפשׁם their being	Job 36:14 ✍,

Song נפשׁ
נפשׁי my	Song 1:7 ✍, Song 3:1 ✍, Song 3:2 ✍, Song 3:3 ✍, Song 3:4 ✍,
נפשׁי my self	Song 5:6 ✍,
נפשׁי myself	Song 6:12 ✍,

Ruth נפשׁ
נפשׁ you	Rut 4:15 ✍,

Lamentations נפשׁ
בנפשׁנו ourselves	Lam 5:9 ✍,
לנפשׁ to the being	Lam 3:25 ✍,
לנפשׁי that is mine	Lam 3:51 ✍,
נפשׁ the integrity of	Lam 2:19 ✍,
נפשׁ themselves	Lam 1:11 ✍,
נפשׁי is my being	Lam 3:20 ✍,
נפשׁי me	Lam 1:16 ✍,
נפשׁי my being	Lam 3:17 ✍, Lam 3:24 ✍,
נפשׁי own	Lam 3:58 ✍,
נפשׁם their beings	Lam 2:12 ✍,
נפשׁם themselves	Lam 1:19 ✍,

Qohelet נפשׁ
הנפשׁ that throat	Qoh 6:7 ✍,
ונפשׁו but it	Qoh 6:3 ✍,
לנפשׁו in it	Qoh 6:2 ✍,
נפשׁ self	Qoh 6:9 ✍,
נפשׁו itself	Qoh 2:24 ✍,
נפשׁי me	Qoh 4:8 ✍,
נפשׁי my self	Qoh 7:28 ✍,

Esther נפשׁ
בנפשׁך that you	Est 4:13 ✍,
נפשׁו his very self	Est 7:7 ✍,
נפשׁי my very self	Est 7:3 ✍,
נפשׁם their very selves	Est 8:11 ✍, Est 9:16 ✍, Est 9:31 ✍,

1 Chronicles נפשׁ
בנפשׁותם in their integrity	1Ch 11:19 ✍,
ובנפשׁ and with integrity of	1Ch 28:9 ✍,
ונפשׁ and a group of	1Ch 5:21 ✍,
ונפשׁכם and your being	1Ch 22:19 ✍,

2 Chronicles נפשׁ
נפשׁ the throat of	2Ch 1:11 ✍,
נפשׁו his integrity	2Ch 34:31 ✍,
נפשׁם their integrity	2Ch 6:38 ✍, 2Ch 15:12 ✍,