Nephesh

 ( Hebrew Words And Phrases In The Hebrew Bible ) 

Nephesh (), also spelled nefesh, is a term in the Hebrew Bible used to refer to the aspects of sentience, and human beings and other animals are both described as being nephesh. Not all living organisms are referred to as "nefesh": ("bugs") and plants, for example, are not described in the Hebrew Bible as nephesh. The English corresponding term to nephesh is the Christianity term "soul," which has very similar connotations, and is customarily used to translate it. Robert Alter, Genesis, W. W. Norton & CO, 1996 PP.XXIX-XXX

• Human spirit
• Immortality
• On the Soul by Aristotle
• Pikuach nefesh
• Soul in the Bible
• Nefesh B'Nefesh

• Horst Balz (ed.), Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (3 Volume Set), 1993
• A.B. Davidson, The Theology of the Old Testament, Edinburgh: T.& T. Clark, 1904/25, p.200-201