Targum Molcho

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical Hebrew Working Vocabulary

Life, body, and qualities

BH-V09Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

נֶפֶשׁ · רוּחַ · לֵב · דָּם

Transliterationnefesh · ruaḥ · lev · dam

Plain meaninglife/soul/person · spirit/wind/breath · heart/mind · blood

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

Life, body, and qualities

Body and life vocabulary often carries a wider range than a single English word. נפש may refer to life, a living person, appetite, or soul according to context; רוח may be wind, breath, spirit, or disposition; לב can name the physical heart but frequently functions in thought and intention. The module therefore pairs each word with multiple short biblical contexts rather than teaching theological definitions as if they were lexical meanings.

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נֶפֶשׁ · רוּחַ · לֵב · דָּם
ORIGINAL

BH-V09

nefesh · ruaḥ · lev · dam
READING

Approved transliteration

life/soul/person · spirit/wind/breath · heart/mind · blood
MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

APPROVED STUDY LAYERS

Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.

Required words/roots

חיה live/living creature by form/context · מות die/death family · נֶפֶשׁ life/soul/person by context · רוּחַ spirit/wind/breath · דָּם blood · יָד hand · רֹאשׁ head · פָּנִים face/presence · רֶגֶל foot · בָּשָׂר flesh/meat · טוֹב good · רַע bad/evil · גָּדוֹל great/big · קָטֹן small/young · חָזָק strong.