In a message dated 8/24/01 1:15:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
larry.swain AT wmich.edu writes:
I might suggest here "breath" drawing a parallel between this statement
of the "ruah" of God hovering over the water at the moment of creation,
I think there's a clear parallel of spiritual and natural meanings between:
ruah = wind, neshama = breath
ruah = spirit, neshama = soul.
In each case, the latter is the individual manifestation of the former.