01-08-2010, 02:21 AM
Aaron S Wrote:Shlama,
Is it possible that the appearance of forms of the words [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]04pn[/font] (nafshah) and [font="Estrangelo (V1.1)"]0yx[/font] (chaya) in Luqa 9:24
is an allusion to Genesis 2:7 which says ???????????? ?????????????? Nefesh Chayah?
If so, can anyone venture a guess of what implications this has?
If not, here's a simple related question: although it's basically clear what it means in
Aramaic which reads 'nafsheh', would the best English translation be 'self'?
Because it reads strange to me otherwise... that someone most destroy their soul/breath of life in order to live... has to me a sound of suicide.
Shlama Akhi Aaron:
Humanity is unique. All animated beings are intrinsically "nefesh khayah". (Genesis 1:20, 21, 24, 30 and also 2:7) However in Genesis 2:7 the phrase "nishmat khayim" defines the unique relationship between humanity and our Creator. In Genesis 7:22 the phrase is shown in its full understanding as "nishmat ruakh khayim". It was Job that gave a fuller understanding of what "nashama" is and does. In Job 26:4 it is written....
Job 26:4
"to whom have you narrated speech?"
"et-mi.......higad'ta..........milin"
and (has) my-nashama...gone forth..from you?"
"v'nishmat-.....mi............yatzah....mimekha"
I think it's a somewhat rhetorical question Job is asking his friends. He answers his own question in 27:3.
Job 27:3
"for as yet....my nashama (is) in me"
"ki-kol-od.....nish'mati............vi"
"and the Spirit......of G-d......in my nostrils" (as is stated in Genesis 2:7)
"v'ruakh..............Elohah...........b'afi"
Job 27:4
"My lips will not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit."
Job affirms that, as he states "my-nashama" prevents him from sinning with his tongue, for he has followed the way of the Spirit of Elohim and rests his case with Him. That's just my take on this passage. There may be different thoughts on this.
In other words, "nishmat-ruakh-khayim" is what gives us our "articulating spirit/soul" and is joined to our "nefesh khaya". Nefesh khaya, like any animated creature contains our nature, which is distinctly human while "nishmat-ruakh-khayim" gives us the divine ability to communicate with YHVH Elohim. When Adam sinned he forfeited the divine nature. When Yeshua died for the sins of the world, and rose from the dead he redeemed humanity. We are saved by grace through/by faith in the Living Son of Alaha, our LORD and Saviour Yeshua Meshikha. Through Him all things were created and He it is Who breathed "nishmat-ruakh-khayim" into the nostrils of Adam. (Genesis 2:7)
In the Aramaic portion of Daniel, 5:23, the phrase "di-nish'm'takh" is roughly translated as "that which is your breath" confirms that it is Alaha Whom is the "holder of each and every human soul".
That to say this Aaron. These are only my sincere thoughts on what the soul is intrinsically, from my small understanding of the Hebrew and Aramaic. It was far from suicide that led our gracious LORD to the death of the cross. The redemption of humanity was planned before the Creation of humanity. Redemption in our LORD Yeshua Meshikha is not flawed. Our nature has been flawed by sin and the "tikkun/restoration" of the human soul has been authored by Alaha Himself in the Life of our LORD Yeshua Meshikha.
If you have any further queries please feel free to send me a private message.
Shlama,
Stephen Silver
Dukhrana Biblical Research
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