נשמה
Hebrew
FWOTD – 28 January 2017
Etymology 1
Root |
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נ־שׁ־ם (n-š-m) |
From the root נ־שׁ־ם
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /neʃaˈma/
Noun
נְשָׁמָה • (n'shamá) f (plural indefinite נְשָׁמוֹת, singular construct נִשְׁמַת־, plural construct נִשְׁמוֹת־)
- (biblical) breath
- soul, spirit
- Modeh Ani
- מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם. שֶׁהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה. רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ׃
- modé 'aní l'fanékha mélekh kháy v'kayám; shehekhezárta bí nish'matí b'khemlá; rabá 'emunatékha.
mōḏe ʾănī ləp̄ānéḵā méleḵ ḥay wəqayyām; šeheḥĕzártā bī nišəmāṯī bəḥemlā; rabbā ʾĕmūnāṯéḵā. - I offer thanks to You, living and eternal King, for You have mercifully restored my soul within me; Your faithfulness is great.
- modé 'aní l'fanékha mélekh kháy v'kayám; shehekhezárta bí nish'matí b'khemlá; rabá 'emunatékha.
- Modeh Ani
- (flowery) essence, gist
- (colloquial, chiefly Sephardic) darling
- כפרה עלייך נשמה שלי!
- kapára aláyikh n'shamá shelí!
- Bless your soul, my darling!
Declension
Declension of נְשָׁמָה
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | נְשָׁמָה | first | נִשְׁמָתִי | נִשְׁמָתֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַנְּשָׁמָה | second | נִשְׁמָתְךָ | נִשְׁמָתֵךְ | נִשְׁמַתְכֶם | נִשְׁמַתְכֶן | |
construct | נִשְׁמַת־ | third | נִשְׁמָתוֹ | נִשְׁמָתָהּ | נִשְׁמָתָם | נִשְׁמָתָן | |
plural | indefinite | נְשָׁמוֹת | first | נשמותיי / נִשְׁמוֹתַי | נִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַנְּשָׁמוֹת | second | נִשְׁמוֹתֶיךָ | נשמותייך / נִשְׁמוֹתַיִךְ | נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶם | נִשְׁמוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | נִשְׁמוֹת־ | third | נִשְׁמוֹתָיו | נִשְׁמוֹתֶיהָ | נִשְׁמוֹתָם | נִשְׁמוֹתָן |
Descendants
- Yiddish: נשמה (neshome), נעשאָמע (neshome)
- → Dutch: nesjomme
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /naʃˈma/
Verb
נָשְׁמָה • (nash'má)
- third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of נשם (nashám)
References
- H5397 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Anagrams
- מנשה, משנה
Yiddish
Alternative forms
- נעשאָמע (neshome) – Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
From Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (n'shamá).
Pronunciation
- (YIVO, Litvish) IPA(key): /nəˈʃɔmə/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /nəˈʃuːmə/
- (Ukrainish) IPA(key): /nəˈʃumə/
- (Netherlandic) IPA(key): /nəˈʃoːmə/
Noun
נשמה • (neshome) f, plural נשמות (neshomes)
- soul
- Synonym: נפֿש (nefesh)
Derived terms
- נשמהדיק (neshomedik)
- נשמה יתירה (neshome yeseyre)
Descendants
- → Dutch: nesjomme