nephesh — soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion

Genesis 1:20 — “God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and birds that fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.””

Genesis 1:21 — “God created the great sea monsters, and all the living creatures of every kind that creep, which the waters brought forth in swarms, and all the winged birds of every kind. And God saw that this was good.”

Genesis 1:24 — “God said, “Let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: cattle, creeping things, and wild beasts of every kind.” And it was so.”

Genesis 1:30 — “And to all the animals on land, to all the birds of the sky, and to everything that creeps on earth, in which there is the breath of life, [I give] all the green plants for food.” And it was so.”

Genesis 2:7 — “The ETERNAL God formed a Human from the soil’s humus, blowing into his nostrils the breath of life: the Human became a living being.”