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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "makhalát néfesh",
"word": "מַחֲלַת נֶפֶשׁ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "pikúakh néfesh",
"word": "פיקוח נפש"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "pikúakh néfesh",
"word": "פִּקּוּחַ נֶפֶשׁ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "ahavát néfesh",
"word": "אַהֲבַת נֶפֶשׁ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "b'lev vanéfesh",
"word": "בְּלֵב וָנֶפֶשׁ"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nephesh"
},
"expansion": "English: nephesh",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: nephesh"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*napš-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *napš-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "akk",
"2": "napāšum",
"3": "𒆒",
"gloss": "to breathe",
"tr": "napāšum"
},
"expansion": "Akkadian 𒆒 (napāšum, “to breathe”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "نَفْس",
"t": "a soul, a life"
},
"expansion": "Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": ",",
"name": ","
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gez",
"2": "ነፍስ"
},
"expansion": "Ge'ez ነፍስ (näfs)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *napš-. Compare Akkadian 𒆒 (napāšum, “to breathe”), 𒍣 (napištum, “life”), Arabic نَفْس (nafs, “a soul, a life”), and Ge'ez ነፍስ (näfs).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "נֶפֶשׁ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "néfesh",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נֶפֶשׁ־",
"tags": [
"construct",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹת־",
"tags": [
"construct",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "he-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "נֶפֶשׁ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשִׁי",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשֵׁנוּ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form"
]
},
{
"form": "הַנֶּפֶשׁ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשְׁךָ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשֵׁךְ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשְׁכֶם",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשְׁכֶן",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נֶפֶשׁ־",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשָׁהּ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשָׁם",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשָׁן",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נפשותיי",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתַי",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form"
]
},
{
"form": "הַנְּפָשׁוֹת",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֶיךָ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נפשותייך",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתַיִךְ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶן",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹת־",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"construct",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתָיו",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֶיהָ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתָם",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתָן",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"cons": "נֶפֶשׁ",
"g": "f",
"pat": "קֶטֶל",
"pl": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
"plcons": "נַפְשׁוֹת",
"tr": "néfesh",
"wv": "נֶפֶשׁ"
},
"expansion": "נֶפֶשׁ • (néfesh) f (plural indefinite נְפָשׁוֹת, singular construct נֶפֶשׁ־, plural construct נַפְשׁוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "נֶפֶשׁ",
"2": "נַפְשׁוֹ",
"3": "p",
"4": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
"5": "נַפְשׁוֹת־"
},
"name": "he-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 24 31 12 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a soul, psyche (spirit of a person or animal)"
],
"id": "en-נפש-he-noun-2IKXaD13",
"links": [
[
"soul",
"soul"
],
[
"psyche",
"psyche"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 66 14 6 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 72 12 4 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 24 31 12 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
"sense": "life",
"word": "שם נפשו בכפו"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0109#ט_ה|9:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "umiyád haadám miyád ísh achív edrósh et-néfesh haadám",
"text": "וּמִיַּד הָאָדָם מִיַּד אִישׁ אָחִיו אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"life (the state of being alive, of living)"
],
"id": "en-נפש-he-noun-L4rPzl24",
"links": [
[
"life",
"life"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 24 31 12 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 1 66 4 0 21 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "he",
"name": "People",
"orig": "he:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 0 100 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "he",
"name": "Religion",
"orig": "he:Religion",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0136#לו_ו|36:6]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "vayikákh esáv et-nasháv v'et-banáv v'et-b'notáv v'et-kol-nafshót betó v'et-miknéhu v'et-kol-b'hemtó v'ét kol-kinyanó",
"text": "וַיִּקַּח עֵשָׂו אֶת־נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת־כָּל־נַפְשׁוֹת בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־קִנְיָנוֹ",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0321#כא_א|21:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "l'néfesh lo-yitamá b'amáv",
"text": "לְנֶפֶשׁ לֹא־יִטַּמָּא בְּעַמָּיו",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a person (human being)"
],
"id": "en-נפש-he-noun-4znj5zVh",
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 24 31 12 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 100 0",
"sense": "will",
"word": "מה נפשך"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0123#כג_ח|23:8]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "im-yésh et-nafsh'chém likbór et-metí mil'fanáy",
"text": "אִם־יֵשׁ אֶת־נַפְשְׁכֶם לִקְבֹּר אֶת־מֵתִי מִלְּפָנַי",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"will (intent, volition)"
],
"id": "en-נפש-he-noun-wcmSSAAj",
"links": [
[
"will",
"will"
],
[
"intent",
"intent#English"
],
[
"volition",
"volition#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.",
"ref": "Tanach, Job [[s:he:T2741#מא_יג|41:13]], with translation of the New International Version:",
"text": "נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵא׃",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"breath"
],
"id": "en-נפש-he-noun-NnocWSRY",
"links": [
[
"breath",
"breath"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) breath"
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/napʃ/",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɛː.fɛʃ]",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.faʃ/",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnæː.fæʃ]",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈne.feʃ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "נפש"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "נָפַשׁ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "nafásh",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "he-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁתִּי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁנוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁתָּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁתְּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפַשְׁתֶּם",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפַשְׁתֶּן",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפְשָׁה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפְשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפֵשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפֶשֶׁת",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפְשִׁים",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפְשׁוֹת",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "אנפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֶנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ננפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נִנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפְּשִׁי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפְּשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפושנה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשְׁנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ינפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יִנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשׁ",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יִנְפְּשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפושנה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשְׁנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפֹשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נִפְשִׁי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נִפְשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נפושנה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפֹשְׁנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"tr": "nafásh",
"wv": "נָפַשׁ"
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"expansion": "נָפַשׁ • (nafásh) (pa'al construction)",
"name": "he-verb"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "נפשׁ",
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"noun": "-",
"pp": "-"
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "4 33 4 2 1 16 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "3 35 1 2 1 7 50",
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "3 39 1 1 1 5 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"langcode": "he",
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"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
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"id": "en-נפש-he-verb-HewUVd6k",
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[
"holiday",
"holiday"
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[
"vacation",
"vacation"
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"tags": [
"construction-pa'al"
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"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
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{
"ipa": "/ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɛː.fɛʃ]",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.faʃ/",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnæː.fæʃ]",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈne.feʃ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"form": "נֹפֶשׁ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
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{
"form": "nofesh",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "nofesh",
"wv": "נֹפֶשׁ"
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"expansion": "נֹפֶשׁ • (nofesh) m",
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],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "נופש"
}
],
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew defective spellings",
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
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],
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"defective spelling of נופש"
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[
"נופש",
"נופש#Hebrew"
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"tags": [
"alt-of",
"misspelling"
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"Biblical-Hebrew"
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"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
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{
"ipa": "[ˈnɛː.fɛʃ]",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.faʃ/",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnæː.fæʃ]",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈne.feʃ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "נפש"
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"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
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"Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew pa'al verbs",
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"he:Psychology",
"he:Religion"
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"sense": "life",
"word": "שם נפשו בכפו"
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"roman": "makhalát néfesh",
"word": "מַחֲלַת נֶפֶשׁ"
},
{
"roman": "pikúakh néfesh",
"word": "פיקוח נפש"
},
{
"roman": "pikúakh néfesh",
"word": "פִּקּוּחַ נֶפֶשׁ"
},
{
"roman": "ahavát néfesh",
"word": "אַהֲבַת נֶפֶשׁ"
},
{
"roman": "b'lev vanéfesh",
"word": "בְּלֵב וָנֶפֶשׁ"
}
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{
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"2": "sem-pro",
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"1": "akk",
"2": "napāšum",
"3": "𒆒",
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"tr": "napāšum"
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": ",",
"name": ","
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gez",
"2": "ነፍስ"
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"name": "cog"
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"tags": [
"canonical"
]
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"form": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
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"indefinite",
"plural"
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{
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"construct",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹת־",
"tags": [
"construct",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
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"inflection-template"
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{
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"indefinite",
"singular"
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "נַפְשֵׁנוּ",
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"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form"
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"definite",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "נַפְשְׁךָ",
"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשֵׁךְ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשְׁכֶם",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשְׁכֶן",
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"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נֶפֶשׁ־",
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"tags": [
"construct",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹ",
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"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשָׁהּ",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשָׁם",
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"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשָׁן",
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"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
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"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתַי",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ",
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"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form"
]
},
{
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"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֶיךָ",
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"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתַיִךְ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶם",
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"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֵיכֶן",
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"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"second-person"
]
},
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"form": "נַפְשׁוֹת־",
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"construct",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתֶיהָ",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"possessed-form",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתָם",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נַפְשׁוֹתָן",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"possessed-form",
"third-person"
]
}
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{
"args": {
"cons": "נֶפֶשׁ",
"g": "f",
"pat": "קֶטֶל",
"pl": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
"plcons": "נַפְשׁוֹת",
"tr": "néfesh",
"wv": "נֶפֶשׁ"
},
"expansion": "נֶפֶשׁ • (néfesh) f (plural indefinite נְפָשׁוֹת, singular construct נֶפֶשׁ־, plural construct נַפְשׁוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
"name": "he-noun"
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],
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{
"args": {
"1": "נֶפֶשׁ",
"2": "נַפְשׁוֹ",
"3": "p",
"4": "נְפָשׁוֹת",
"5": "נַפְשׁוֹת־"
},
"name": "he-decl"
}
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"lang_code": "he",
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{
"glosses": [
"a soul, psyche (spirit of a person or animal)"
],
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[
"soul",
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[
"psyche",
"psyche"
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"categories": [
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"english": "and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0109#ט_ה|9:5]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "umiyád haadám miyád ísh achív edrósh et-néfesh haadám",
"text": "וּמִיַּד הָאָדָם מִיַּד אִישׁ אָחִיו אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶת־נֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"life (the state of being alive, of living)"
],
"links": [
[
"life",
"life"
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]
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"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with quotations"
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"english": "And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0136#לו_ו|36:6]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "vayikákh esáv et-nasháv v'et-banáv v'et-b'notáv v'et-kol-nafshót betó v'et-miknéhu v'et-kol-b'hemtó v'ét kol-kinyanó",
"text": "וַיִּקַּח עֵשָׂו אֶת־נָשָׁיו וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בְּנֹתָיו וְאֶת־כָּל־נַפְשׁוֹת בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶת־מִקְנֵהוּ וְאֶת־כָּל־בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְאֵת כָּל־קִנְיָנוֹ",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0321#כא_א|21:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "l'néfesh lo-yitamá b'amáv",
"text": "לְנֶפֶשׁ לֹא־יִטַּמָּא בְּעַמָּיו",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a person (human being)"
],
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[
"person",
"person"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with quotations"
],
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{
"english": "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight",
"ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0123#כג_ח|23:8]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
"roman": "im-yésh et-nafsh'chém likbór et-metí mil'fanáy",
"text": "אִם־יֵשׁ אֶת־נַפְשְׁכֶם לִקְבֹּר אֶת־מֵתִי מִלְּפָנַי",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"will (intent, volition)"
],
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[
"will",
"will"
],
[
"intent",
"intent#English"
],
[
"volition",
"volition#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew dated terms",
"Hebrew terms with quotations",
"Requests for transliteration of Hebrew quotations"
],
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{
"english": "Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth.",
"ref": "Tanach, Job [[s:he:T2741#מא_יג|41:13]], with translation of the New International Version:",
"text": "נַפְשׁוֹ גֶּחָלִים תְּלַהֵט וְלַהַב מִפִּיו יֵצֵא׃",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"breath"
],
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[
"breath",
"breath"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) breath"
],
"tags": [
"dated"
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}
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"Biblical-Hebrew"
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"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
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"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.faʃ/",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnæː.fæʃ]",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈne.feʃ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
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}
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"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew pa'al verbs",
"Hebrew verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"he:People",
"he:Psychology",
"he:Religion"
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"romanization"
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},
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "he-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁתִּי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁנוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁתָּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשְׁתְּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפַשְׁתֶּם",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפַשְׁתֶּן",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפַשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפְשָׁה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נָפְשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפֵשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפֶשֶׁת",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפְשִׁים",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "נוֹפְשׁוֹת",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "אנפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֶנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ננפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נִנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"future",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפְּשִׁי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפְּשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפושנה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשְׁנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ינפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יִנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "יִנְפְּשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"future",
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תנפושנה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "תִּנְפֹּשְׁנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"future",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "נפוש",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפֹשׁ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נִפְשִׁי",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "נִפְשׁוּ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נפושנה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "נְפֹשְׁנָה",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"tr": "nafásh",
"wv": "נָפַשׁ"
},
"expansion": "נָפַשׁ • (nafásh) (pa'al construction)",
"name": "he-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "נפשׁ",
"assim": "-",
"noun": "-",
"pp": "-"
},
"name": "he-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to go on holiday/vacation"
],
"links": [
[
"holiday",
"holiday"
],
[
"vacation",
"vacation"
]
],
"tags": [
"construction-pa'al"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/napʃ/",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɛː.fɛʃ]",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.faʃ/",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnæː.fæʃ]",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈne.feʃ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "נפש"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew masculine nouns",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural construct forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
"Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
"Hebrew nouns",
"Hebrew pa'al verbs",
"Hebrew verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"he:People",
"he:Psychology",
"he:Religion"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "נֹפֶשׁ",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "nofesh",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "nofesh",
"wv": "נֹפֶשׁ"
},
"expansion": "נֹפֶשׁ • (nofesh) m",
"name": "he-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "נופש"
}
],
"categories": [
"Hebrew defective spellings",
"Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters"
],
"glosses": [
"defective spelling of נופש"
],
"links": [
[
"נופש",
"נופש#Hebrew"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"misspelling"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/napʃ/",
"tags": [
"Biblical-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɛ.fɛʃ/",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnɛː.fɛʃ]",
"tags": [
"Tiberian-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈna.faʃ/",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈnæː.fæʃ]",
"tags": [
"Yemenite-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈne.feʃ/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "נפש"
}
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