This is what the Hebrew word Sh'at nefesh (שאט נפש) means.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שְׁאָט נֶפֶשׁ
sh'at nefesh
noun · masculine
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Sh'at nefesh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1תחושת בוז וסלידה.
לָכֵן, כֹּה-אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, אִם-לֹא בְּאֵשׁ קִנְאָתִי דִבַּרְתִּי עַל-שְׁאֵרִית הַגּוֹיִם, וְעַל-אֱדוֹם כֻּלָּא: אֲשֶׁר נָתְנוּ-אֶת-אַרְצִי לָהֶם לְמוֹרָשָׁה בְּשִׂמְחַת כָּל-לֵבָב, בִּשְׁאָט נֶפֶשׁ--לְמַעַן מִגְרָשָׁהּ, לָבַז.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sh'at nefesh is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שְׁאָט נֶפֶשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- שאט נפש
- Said
- sh'at nefesh
- Gematria
- 740
This is how Sh'at nefesh is said in other languages.
- Arabic
- إشْمِئْزاز
These words mean nearly the same as Sh'at nefesh.
- גועל
- זלזולdisregard
- מיאוס
- תיעוב
- בוזcontempt
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Sh'at nefesh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sh'at nefesh.
What is a synonym for Sh'at nefesh (שאט נפש)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Sh'at nefesh (שאט נפש) are גועל, זלזול, מיאוס, תיעוב, and בוז.
Is Sh'at nefesh (שאט נפש) masculine or feminine?
The word Sh'at nefesh (שאט נפש) is a masculine noun.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שאט נפש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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