נֶפֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂר
Properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) · flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
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נֶפֶשׁ H5315 properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh (from its freshness ); by extension, body , person ; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
What does נֶפֶשׁ הַבָּשָׂר (nefesh habbasar) mean in the Bible?
נֶפֶשׁ · בָּשָׂר is a Hebrew word meaning "properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)". properly, a breathing creature , i.
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