What does נָשָׁא · נֶפֶשׁ mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁא · נֶפֶשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "do not deceive your souls, do not mislead yourselves".
Hebrew · H5377, H5315
אַל־תַּשִּׁיאוּ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם
To lead astray , i.e. (mentally) to delude , or (morally) to seduce · properly, a breathing creature , i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality ; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
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נָשָׁא H5377 to lead astray , i.e. (mentally) to delude , or (morally) to seduce
Pronunciation nāšāʾ
To lead someone away from truth through deliberate deception, either intellectual delusion or moral seduction.
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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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What does אַל־תַּשִּׁיאוּ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם (al-tashshi'u nafshoteikhem) mean in the Bible?
נָשָׁא · נֶפֶשׁ is a Hebrew phrase meaning "do not deceive your souls, do not mislead yourselves".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5377, H5315?
H5377, H5315 is connected to 773 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. do not deceive your souls, do not mislead yourselves
Source Gloss
do not deceive your souls, do not mislead yourselves
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 11
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 9×
Jussive 2Chr 32:15 · 2Kgs 18:29 · Isa 36:14 · Ps 55:16 · Jer 29:8 · Jer 37:9 6×
Perfect Jer 4:10 · Jer 49:16 2×
Infinitive absolute Jer 4:10 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Perfect Isa 19:13 1×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 1×
Infinitive absolute Jer 23:39 1×
Word Origins
אַל־תַּשִּׁיאוּ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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