- Original: נפשׁ - Transliteration: Naphash - Phonetic: naw-fash' - Definition: 1. (Niphal) to take breath, refresh oneself - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1395 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to breathe; passively to be breathed upon that is (figuratively) refreshed (as if by a current of air): - (be) refresh selves (-ed). Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • refreshed, 2 Exodus 23:12; Exodus 31:17 • themselves, 1 2 Samuel 16:14