# H5314 נָפַשׁ

נָפַשׁ (nâphash), Strong’s H5314: to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air) KJV: (be) refresh selves (-ed).. Occurs 3 times.

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*nâphash* — to breathe; passively, to be breathed upon , i.e. (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air)

KJV: (be) refresh selves (-ed).

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [נָפַשׁ] vb. denom. take breath, refresh oneself
- Niph. take breath, refresh oneself.

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 23:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=12) — “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest…
- [Exodus 31:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/31?v=17) — It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the…
- [2 Samuel 16:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=14) — The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.