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  • From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Nefesh, gufah, g'viah
  • Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 00:54:37 -0500

Doris:

I’ll take a stab at this queston.

NP$ MT seems to refer to dealing with a person who has just died.

GWPT gufah is used in only one verse, 1 Chronicles 10:12 where it refers to
the bodies of Saul and his sons. Unless there is some ancient extra-Biblical
reference to pinpoint the definition more clearly…

GWYH g'viah refers to a body, living or dead, in an anatomical sense, as an
object.

NBLH nebalah corpse of either a person or animal

PGR peger seems to refer to the body of a person or animal that has been
killed.

Does anyone have thoughts on these definitions?

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dgahler782 AT aol.com

> Recent discussions about the precise meaning of nefesh ended with the
> decision that the term basically means body, dead or alive. However, gufah
> and
> g'viah are also translated as body. Can someone define the difference or
> the
> different contexts, if any, which determine the use of either of these
> three
> terms? Thx.
> Doris
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