נָפַשׁnâphash

be refreshed

Pronunciation: naw-fash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5314

Meanings

Niph`al: take breath, refresh oneself. (Exodus 23:12; 2 Samuel 16:14; Exodus 31:17)

Same root

נָפִישׁNâphîysh · H5305Naphish, a son of Ishmael, and his posterity
נֶפֶשׁnephesh · H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

Exodus 23:12 “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working. This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living among you to be refreshed.
Exodus 31:17 It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.’”
2 Samuel 16:14 The king and all who were with him grew weary along the way, so they rested when they reached the Jordan River.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).