נפש

נֶפֶשf. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) resting place, esp. a structure next to or over a tomb. Ohol. VII, 1 נ׳ אטומה a solid tomb-structure (to which there is no access). Shek. II, 5 מותר המת בונין לו נ׳וכ׳ from what is left over of the appropriation for funeral expenses, we build a monument ; (Gen. R. s. 82 בַּיִת). Tosef.Erub.VI (V), 4, sq.; Erub.55b (contrad. to קבר).Pl. נְפָשוֹת. Ib. V, 1 נ׳ sepulchres (containing a place of shelter). Y.Shek.II, 47a top; Gen. R. l. c. אין עושין נ׳וכ׳ no monuments need be put up for the righteous, v. זִכָּרוֹן. Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 4 חוקת נ׳ שבא״יוכ׳ the presumption in the case of sepulchres in Palestine is that they are levitically clean, except those marked. 2) soul, life; person; will, desire, disposition. B. Mets.IV, 6 שאינו אלא נ׳ רעה for it (the refusal of a coin on the ground of a slight abrasion) proves merely a malevolent soul (illiberality in dealing); ib. 52b, v. קְהֵי. Gen. R. s. 14 (names of the soul) נ׳ רוחוכ׳. Ib. נ׳ זו הדם nefesh means blood (life). Ib. (ref. to Gen. 2:7, a. 7:22) כאן הוא עושה נשמה נ׳וכ׳ here the text calls the soul (נשמה) nefesh, and there, ruaḥ (spirit); ib. s. 32.Snh.IV, 5 נ׳ אחת one (persons) life. Y.Taan.III, beg.66b מכיון שנתנוב״ד נַפְשָׁןוכ׳ as soon as the court has declared its will to do a thing. Nidd.65b, a. fr. בעל נ׳ one who is master over his desire, a conscientious man.Ber.44b כל נ׳ משיב את הנ׳ all life (animal food) restores life; וכל קרוב לנ׳וכ׳ and what is nearest life (the neck which contains the jugular vein) Y.Keth.V, 30b top דברים שהן קיום נ׳ things required for sustaining life. Yoma 74b אבידת נ׳, v. אֲבֵירָה; a. v. fr.דחה נ׳, v. דָּחָה.Sifra Mtsor‘a, Zab., Par. 3, ch. VI ואם נַפְשְׁךָ לומרוכ׳ (= ואיבעית אימא, v. בְּעִי) or if you prefer (another argument); Ḥull.78b bot. Ib. מה ואם נפשך לומר why should you prefer another argument?, i. e. what objection can there be to the argument offered before?(מ)מה נפשך, v. מָה.Ḥull.IV, 7 (77a) נ׳ היפה one not fastidious.B. Bath.89a נ׳ מאזנים the opening in which the tongue of scales rests (agina).Pl. as ab. דיני נ׳, v. דִּין II. Snh. l. c. עדי נ׳ witnesses in capital cases.Yoma VIII, 6 ספק נ׳ the possibility of danger to human life; Sabb.129a; a. fr.