neh'-fesh
from 5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of
(abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal,
accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):--any,
appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire,
X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y),
(hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me,
mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-,
thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they,
thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
see Hebrew for [05314]
And when any [05315] will offer [07126] a meat [04503] offering [07133] unto the Lord [03068], his offering [07133] shall be of fine flour [05560]; and he shall pour [03332] oil [08081] upon it, and put [05414] frankincense [03828] thereon:
Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], If a soul [05315] shall sin [02398] through ignorance [07684] against any of the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068] concerning things which ought not to be done [06213], and shall do [06213] against any [0259] of them [02007]:
And if any [0259] one [05315] of the common [0776] people [05971] sin [02398] through ignorance [07684], while he doeth [06213] somewhat against any [0259] of the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068] concerning things which ought not to be done [06213], and be guilty [0816];any one: Heb. any soulcommon…: Heb. people of the land
And if a soul [05315] sin [02398], and hear [08085] the voice [06963] of swearing [0423], and is a witness [05707], whether [0176] he hath seen [07200] or known [03045] of it; if he do not utter [05046] it, then he shall bear [05375] his iniquity [05771].
Or if a soul [05315] touch [05060] any unclean [02931] thing [01697], whether it be a carcase [05038] of an unclean [02931] beast [02416], or a carcase [05038] of unclean [02931] cattle [0929], or the carcase [05038] of unclean [02931] creeping things [08318], and if it be hidden [05956] from him; he also shall be unclean [02931], and guilty [0816].
Or if a soul [05315] swear [07650], pronouncing [0981] with his lips [08193] to do evil [07489], or to do good [03190], whatsoever it be that a man [0120] shall pronounce [0981] with an oath [07621], and it be hid [05956] from him; when he knoweth [03045] of it, then he shall be guilty [0816] in one [0259] of these.
If a soul [05315] commit [04603] a trespass [04604], and sin [02398] through ignorance [07684], in the holy things [06944] of the Lord [03068]; then he shall bring [0935] for his trespass [0817] unto the Lord [03068] a ram [0352] without blemish [08549] out of the flocks [06629], with thy estimation [06187] by shekels [08255] of silver [03701], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944], for a trespass offering [0817]:
And if a soul [05315] sin [02398], and commit [06213] any [0259] of these things which are forbidden to be done [06213] by the commandments [04687] of the Lord [03068]; though he wist [03045] it not, yet is he guilty [0816], and shall bear [05375] his iniquity [05771].
If a soul [05315] sin [02398], and commit [04603] a trespass [04604] against the Lord [03068], and lie [03584] unto his neighbour [05997] in that which was delivered [06487] him to keep, or in fellowship [03027] [08667], or in a thing taken away by violence [01498], or hath deceived [06231] his neighbour [05997];in fellowship: or, in dealingfellowship: Heb. putting of the hand
And if any of the flesh [01320] of the sacrifice [02077] of his peace offerings [08002] be eaten [0398] at all [0398] on the third [07992] day [03117], it shall not be accepted [07521], neither shall it be imputed [02803] unto him that offereth [07126] it: it shall be an abomination [06292], and the soul [05315] that eateth [0398] of it shall bear [05375] his iniquity [05771].
But the soul [05315] that eateth [0398] of the flesh [01320] of the sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], that pertain unto the Lord [03068], having his uncleanness [02932] upon him, even that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from his people [05971].
Moreover the soul [05315] that shall touch [05060] any unclean [02932] thing, as the uncleanness [02932] of man [0120], or any unclean [02931] beast [0929], or any abominable [08263] unclean [02931] thing, and eat [0398] of the flesh [01320] of the sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], which pertain unto the Lord [03068], even that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from his people [05971].
For whosoever eateth [0398] the fat [02459] of the beast [0929], of which men offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the Lord [03068], even the soul [05315] that eateth [0398] it shall be cut off [03772] from his people [05971].
Whatsoever soul [05315] it be that eateth [0398] any manner [03605] of blood [01818], even that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from his people [05971].
And all that have not fins [05579] and scales [07193] in the seas [03220], and in the rivers [05158], of all that move [08318] in the waters [04325], and of any living [02416] thing [05315] which is in the waters [04325], they shall be an abomination [08263] unto you:
Ye shall not make [08262] yourselves [05315] abominable [08262] with any creeping thing [08318] that creepeth [08317], neither shall ye make yourselves unclean [02933] with them, that ye should be defiled [02930] thereby.yourselves abominable: Heb. your souls, etc
For I am the Lord [03068] your God [0430]: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves [06942], and ye shall be holy [06918]; for I am holy [06918]: neither shall ye defile [02930] yourselves [05315] with any manner of creeping thing [08318] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776].
This is the law [08451] of the beasts [0929], and of the fowl [05775], and of every living [02416] creature [05315] that moveth [07430] in the waters [04325], and of every creature [05315] that creepeth [08317] upon the earth [0776]:
And this shall be a statute [02708] for ever [05769] unto you: that in the seventh [07637] month [02320], on the tenth [06218] day of the month [02320], ye shall afflict [06031] your souls [05315], and do [06213] no work [04399] at all, whether it be one of your own country [0249], or a stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you:
It shall be a sabbath [07676] of rest [07677] unto you, and ye shall afflict [06031] your souls [05315], by a statute [02708] for ever [05769].
And whatsoever man [0376] there be of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], or of the strangers [01616] that sojourn [01481] among [08432] you, that eateth [0398] any manner of blood [01818]; I will even set [05414] my face [06440] against that soul [05315] that eateth [0398] blood [01818], and will cut him off [03772] from among [07130] his people [05971].
For the life [05315] of the flesh [01320] is in the blood [01818]: and I have given [05414] it to you upon the altar [04196] to make an atonement [03722] for your souls [05315]: for it is the blood [01818] that maketh an atonement [03722] for the soul [05315].
Therefore I said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], No soul [05315] of you shall eat [0398] blood [01818], neither shall any stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you eat [0398] blood [01818].
For it is the life [05315] of all flesh [01320]; the blood [01818] of it is for the life [05315] thereof: therefore I said [0559] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Ye shall eat [0398] the blood [01818] of no manner of flesh [01320]: for the life [05315] of all flesh [01320] is the blood [01818] thereof: whosoever eateth [0398] it shall be cut off [03772].
And every soul [05315] that eateth [0398] that which died [05038] of itself, or that which was torn [02966] with beasts, whether it be one of your own country [0249], or a stranger [01616], he shall both wash [03526] his clothes [0899], and bathe [07364] himself in water [04325], and be unclean [02930] until the even [06153]: then shall he be clean [02891].that which died…: Heb. a carcase
For whosoever shall commit [06213] any of these abominations [08441], even the souls [05315] that commit [06213] them shall be cut off [03772] from among [07130] their people [05971].
Therefore every one that eateth [0398] it shall bear [05375] his iniquity [05771], because he hath profaned [02490] the hallowed thing [06944] of the Lord [03068]: and that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from among his people [05971].
Ye shall not make [05414] any [03793] cuttings [08296] in your flesh [01320] for the dead [05315], nor print [05414] any marks [07085] upon you: I am the Lord [03068].
And the soul [05315] that turneth [06437] after [0413] such as have familiar spirits [0178], and after [0310] wizards [03049], to go a whoring [02181] after [0310] them, I will even set [05414] my face [06440] against that soul [05315], and will cut him off [03772] from among [07130] his people [05971].
Ye shall therefore put difference [0914] between clean [02889] beasts [0929] and unclean [02931], and between unclean [02931] fowls [05775] and clean [02889]: and ye shall not make your souls [05315] abominable [08262] by beast [0929], or by fowl [05775], or by any manner of living thing that creepeth [07430] on the ground [0127], which I have separated [0914] from you as unclean [02930].creepeth: or, moveth
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Speak [0559] unto the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], and say [0559] unto them, There shall none be defiled [02930] for the dead [05315] among his people [05971]:
Neither shall he go in [0935] to any dead [04191] body [05315], nor defile [02930] himself for his father [01], or for his mother [0517];
Say [0559] unto them, Whosoever [0376] he be of all your seed [02233] among your generations [01755], that goeth [07126] unto the holy things [06944], which the children [01121] of Israel [03478] hallow [06942] unto the Lord [03068], having his uncleanness [02932] upon him, that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from my presence [06440]: I am the Lord [03068].
What man soever [0376] of the seed [02233] of Aaron [0175] is a leper [06879], or hath a running issue [02100]; he shall not eat [0398] of the holy things [06944], until he be clean [02891]. And whoso toucheth [05060] any thing that is unclean [02931] by the dead [05315], or a man [0376] whose seed [07902] [02233] goeth [03318] from him;running…: Heb. running of the reins
The soul [05315] which hath touched [05060] any such shall be unclean [02930] until even [06153], and shall not eat [0398] of the holy things [06944], unless [0518] he wash [07364] his flesh [01320] with water [04325].
But if the priest [03548] buy [07069] any soul [05315] with [07075] his money [03701], he shall eat [0398] of it, and he that is born [03211] in his house [01004]: they shall eat [0398] of his meat [03899].with…: Heb. with the purchase of his money
Also [0389] on the tenth [06218] day of this seventh [07637] month [02320] there shall be a day [03117] of atonement [03725]: it shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] unto you; and ye shall afflict [06031] your souls [05315], and offer [07126] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the Lord [03068].
For whatsoever soul [05315] it be that shall not be afflicted [06031] in that same [06106] day [03117], he shall be cut off [03772] from among his people [05971].
And whatsoever soul [05315] it be that doeth [06213] any work [04399] in that same [06106] day [03117], the same soul [05315] will I destroy [06] from among [07130] his people [05971].
It shall be unto you a sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], and ye shall afflict [06031] your souls [05315]: in the ninth [08672] day of the month [02320] at even [06153], from even [06153] unto even [06153], shall ye celebrate [07673] your sabbath [07676].celebrate: Heb. rest
And he [0376] that killeth [05221] any [05315] man [0120] shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].killeth…: Heb. smiteth the life of a man
And he that killeth [05221] a beast [0929] [05315] shall make it good [07999]; beast [05315] for beast [05315].beast for…: Heb. life for life
And I will set [05414] my tabernacle [04908] among [08432] you: and my soul [05315] shall not abhor [01602] you.
And if ye shall despise [03988] my statutes [02708], or if your soul [05315] abhor [01602] my judgments [04941], so that ye will not do [06213] all my commandments [04687], but that ye break [06565] my covenant [01285]:
I also will do [06213] this unto you; I will even appoint [06485] over you terror [0928], consumption [07829], and the burning ague [06920], that shall consume [03615] the eyes [05869], and cause sorrow [01727] of heart [05315]: and ye shall sow [02232] your seed [02233] in vain [07385], for your enemies [0341] shall eat [0398] it.over: Heb. upon
And I will destroy [08045] your high places [01116], and cut down [03772] your images [02553], and cast [05414] your carcases [06297] upon the carcases [06297] of your idols [01544], and my soul [05315] shall abhor [01602] you.
The land [0776] also shall be left [05800] of them, and shall enjoy [07521] her sabbaths [07676], while she lieth desolate [08074] without them: and they shall accept [07521] of the punishment of their iniquity [05771]: because [03282], even because [03282] they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], and because their soul [05315] abhorred [01602] my statutes [02708].
Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, When a man [0376] shall make a singular [06381] vow [05088], the persons [05315] shall be for the Lord [03068] by thy estimation [06187].