The modern concept of soul is presently so much divorced from the Hebrew nepesh that translators should steer clear from it as much as possible. The Hebrew nepesh is really not the same as the Greek psuche or the modern "soul". Or as Sidnie Ann White writes in the Oxford Companion to...
It was propounded in a special work attributed to Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda, and entitled "Ma'ani al-Nafs" (translated into Hebrew under the title "Torat ha-Nefesh" by I. Broydé, Paris, 1896). According to him, man possesses three distinct souls, the vegetative, the animal,...
Prior to Creation, there was only the infinite OrEin Soffilling all existence. When it arose in G-d’s Will to create worlds and emanate the emanated … He contracted (in Hebrew “tzimtzum”) Himself in the point at the center, in the very center of His light. He restricted that lig...
Jesus instituted it to help his apostles and all true Christians after them to bear in mind that by means of his death as a perfect human, he gave his life, orsoul, as a ransom. Ɛisa yeǧǧa- t- id bac ad iɛiwen imceggɛen- is, akk- d wid ara yuɣalen d imasi...
“This I say that it may be understood that he who will ever cling to natural reasoning and ability in his journey to God will not become a very spiritual person. For there are some who think that they can attain to the powers and the height of supernatural spirituality by means of the...
It's a “ghost in the machine” kind of idea. This notion is totally foreign to the Bible. It's not at all what nephesh means in biblical Hebrew. Nephesh in the Hebrew Bible [00:57-02:14] The most basic meaning of nephesh is throat. Like when the Israelites are wandering in the ...
“GOD yearns for each of us to have a perfect heart. The word translated ‘perfect’ from the Hebrew means ‘complete, whole, full and completely finishing or perfecting a work.’ It describes a heart wholly true to GOD and completely undivided in its allegiance. It is a heart that utterl...
call on, or invoke these grand leaders of heaven, when we need them most to: protect, support, encourage, guide and surround us. The word “archangel” is derived from Greek, meaning “chief” and “angel” means “messenger” in Hebrew. We can always pray, however incorporating…Read ...
The Hebrew word for "bless" is "barak," which means to kneel or to show adoration. In the context of this verse, it signifies an act of worship and reverence towards God. The LORD, represented by the tetragrammaton YHWH, is the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-...
To create sacred space is an ancient practice and it means to create an optimal energetic and physical environment and atmosphere in a space where healing and transformation can take place) We then identify the Separation Pattern and Core Issue using Soul Plan Healing Cards We can go back to ...