Definition
a primitive root; to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)
Traditional renderings: (be) refresh selves (-ed).
Traditional renderings: (be) refresh selves (-ed).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נָפַשׁ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Exodus 23:12וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ · may be refreshedFor six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
- Exodus 31:17וַיִּנָּפַֽשׁ׃ס · and was refreshedIt is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”
- 2 Samuel 16:14וַיִּנָּפֵ֖שׁ · he refreshed himselfFinally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.