If he wishes/ to wish/ desire to/ have a mind for/ to intend/ have in mind/ He has his soul (if he has his soul) (יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ (אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ))

If he wishes/ to wish/ desire to/ have a mind for/ to intend/ have in mind/ He has his soul (if he has his soul)

Literary: wants to; if he so desires.

("Then he spoke to them, saying: 'If it is your wish to bury my dead from before me, hear me and plead for me with Ephron son of Zohar'" — Genesis 23:8 (Abraham to the Hittites); and also: "And how could my heart be stirred when I hear that you wish to take my foster son Rafael as your son-in-law?" — Abraham Mapu / Painted Bird, 54; and also: "If you wish to know the spring from which your dead brothers drew strength in the days of adversity, such might" — Bialik / If You Wish to Know; and also: "And I say to him: 'Gritzo! Do you wish to give me your mother, and would she be ours as a wet nurse?'" — Shaul Tchernichovsky / Lubivot)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ (אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ)

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה: רוֹצָה. אִם בִּרְצוֹנוֹ.

("וַיְדַבֵּר אִתָּם לֵאמֹר אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁכֶם לִקְבֹּר אֶת מֵתִי מִלְּפָנַי שְׁמָעוּנִי וּפִגְעוּ לִי בְּעֶפְרוֹן בֶּן צֹחַר"- בְּרֵאשִׁית כג ח ( אַבְרָהָם לִבְנֵי חֵת ), וְכֵן:"וּמָה יִתְעוֹדֵד לְבָבִי בְּשִׁמְעִי כִּי יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁךָ לָקַחַת אֶת רְפָאֵל נֶכְדִּי לְחַתֵּן לָךְ"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 54, וְכֵן:"אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁךָ לָדַעַת אֶת הַמַּעְיָן מִמֶּנּוּ שָׁאֲבוּ אַחֶיךָ הַמּוּמָתִים בִּימֵי הָרָעָה עֹז כָּזֶה"- בְּיָאלִיק/ אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁךָ לָדַעַת, וְכֵן:"וְאוֹמֵר לוֹ: 'גְּרִיצוֹ'! הֲיֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁךָ לָתֵת אֶת אִמְּךָ/ וְהָיְתָה הִיא לָנוּ לָרַב?"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ לְבִיבוֹת)

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