Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

>
> 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

The traslation "soul" is based on the Greek LXX psyche,
which is translated into the Latin "anima" which is translated
into the English as "soul."
But the concept as something which continues to exist after you
die does not exist in the Hebrew.
Liz
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