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  • From: Dgahler782 AT aol.com
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Gen.2:7, nefesh v neshamah
  • Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:41:52 EDT

To Dr.Joe Sprinkle: Thx for more on NEFESH. Question: In Gen.2:7 God breathes
NISHMAT CHAYIM into Adam and only then does he become a NEFESH CHAYAH. An
animal clearly is a NEFESH CHAYAH without a NESHAMAH. Does this mean that
without the NESHAMAH, Adam, the human being, would have remained an inanimate
NEFESH, i.e. that for humans the NESHAMAH is a prerequisite for being alive?
Could
you also give the etymology of NESHAMAH? Thank you.
Doris



  • [b-hebrew] Gen.2:7, nefesh v neshamah, Dgahler782, 08/31/2003

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