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Nephesh (נֶ֫פֶשׁ nép̄eš), also
spelled nefesh, is a
Biblical Hebrew word
which occurs in the
Hebrew Bible. The word
refers to the
aspects of sentience...
- נֶ֫פֶשׁ,
nephesh,
although translated as "soul" in some
older English-language Bibles,
actually has a
meaning closer to "living being".
Nephesh was translated...
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Hasaitic nephesh. In Sabaean, this term
could mean a
tumulus above a tomb,
while in
Arabic this term
could indicate a
grotto or a tomb. The term
nephesh is...
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texts commonly use the word
nephesh.
Kabbalists regard nephesh as one of the five
parts of the
Jewish soul,
where nephesh (animal)
refers to the physical...
- as "psyche", "ego" or "soul". The term is
cognate with the
Hebrew word
nephesh, נֶפֶשׁ. In the Quran, the word nafs is used in both the individualistic...
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psychophysical pair. A man did not
possess a
nephesh but
rather was a
nephesh, as Gen. 2:7 says: "wayehi ha-adam le-
nephesh ḥayya" (". . . and the man
became a...
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Persian and ****enistic philosophies. Accordingly, the
Hebrew word
nephesh,
although translated as "soul" in some
older English-language Bibles, actually...
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forbids ****rites from
coming near a
nephesh-mot (a dead body), and
though there are
cases in the
Pentateuch where nephesh is used to
refer to
animals (see...
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Nephesh Theater is a
Jewish fringe theater established in 1978 by
Howard Rypp and
Gabriel Emanuel in Canada. At the time of its founding,
HaNefesh was...
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pneuma (πνεῦμα)
specifically to
distinguish between the
Jewish notions of
nephesh (נפש),
meaning soul, and ruah (רוח),
meaning spirit[need
quotation to verify]...
