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[b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh

From: "Matthew Miller" <biblicalscribe AT hotmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 16:40:46 -0500

Hi all:
I once wrote an article and did an intensive study on OT uses of nefesh. I
was literally stunned by the wide variety of uses. But one particular
usage still baffles me: nefesh mot is used to describe a dead corpse! Can
anyone explain how nefesh, which seems to have the base meaning of breath
or life or soul, had come to be used to describe a corpse? Any help would
be appreciate. Thanks! Matthew R. Miller

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[b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Matthew Miller, 02/04/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Shai Heijmans, 02/04/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Lisbeth S. Fried, 02/04/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Jack Kilmon, 02/05/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, furuli, 02/05/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Peter Kirk, 02/05/2003
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Jim West, 02/04/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Lisbeth S. Fried, 02/04/2003
    - Re: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Dave Washburn, 02/05/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Ben and Jo Crick, 02/04/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] nefarious nefesh, Jim West, 02/05/2003