נשמה

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /neʃaˈma/

נְשָׁמָה • (neshamá) f (plural indefinite נְשָׁמוֹת, singular construct נִשְׁמַת־, plural construct נִשְׁמוֹת־)

1. (biblical) breath
2. 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.

3. (flowery) essence, gist
4. (colloquial, chiefly Sephardic) darling

   כפרה עלייך נשמה שלי!

   kapára aláyikh neshamá shelí!

   Bless your soul, my darling!

• Yiddish: נשמה (neshome), נעשאָמע (neshome) — Soviet phonetic spelling
  • → Dutch: nesjomme

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naʃˈma/

נָשְׁמָה • (nash'má)

1. third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of נשם (nashám)

• H5397 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• מנשה, משנה

• נעשאָמע (neshome) — Soviet phonetic spelling

From Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (neshamá).

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /nəˈʃɔmə/
• (Poylish) IPA^(key): /nəˈʃuːmə/
• (Ukrainish) IPA^(key): /nəˈʃumə/
• (Netherlandic) IPA^(key): /nəˈʃoːmə/

נשמה • (neshome) f, plural נשמות (neshomes)

1. soul

   Synonym: נפֿש (nefesh)

• נשמהדיק (neshomedik)
• נשמה יתירה (neshome yeseyre)

• → Dutch: nesjomme