What does נֶפֶשׁ · שׁוּב mean in the Bible?
נֶפֶשׁ · שׁוּב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "He restores my soul/life".
Hebrew · H5315, H7725
נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב
Properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) · to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat ; often adverbial, again
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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)
Pronunciation nafsho
Vitality or lifeforce of a creature; ranges from physical breath to desire, appetite, and personal identity or selfhood.
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שׁוּב H7725 to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat ; often adverbial, again
Pronunciation šûḇ
Core concept of reversal or turning away; theologically dominant as repentance (turning from sin toward God)
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What does נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב (nafshi yeshovev) mean in the Bible?
נֶפֶשׁ · שׁוּב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "He restores my soul/life".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5315, H7725?
H5315, H7725 is connected to 1,830 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. He restores my soul/life
Strong's H5315, H7725
Lexical occurrences 1,830 verses Source Gloss
He restores my soul/life
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain