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[b-hebrew] Soul

From: "Lew Osborne" <osbo AT hn.ozemail.com.au>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Soul
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:07:48 +1000

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

Matthew

Makes you wonder about Ezekiel 18:4 and 20.

Where is the immortal soul?

Lew

[b-hebrew] Soul, Lew Osborne, 02/04/2003