From The Time You Were Born , Whether Young Or Old , You've Heard Or Used The Word '' Spirit '' And '' Soul '' Interchangeably For Something Felt Deep Down Inside . My Spirits Are High ; Or My Spirit Is Weak ; I Mean It From My Heart And Soul ; Or This Is Coming From The Depths Of My Soul ; HowEver , When You Use These Expressions , Do You Know What You Are Really Saying? Yet On The Other Hand , The Same Word '' Spirit '' And '' Soul '' Are Also Used When Speaking About Something Existing Or Lingering On After A Person Has Died , Which Is Referred To As Ghost Or Spooks . When These Terminologies Are Used , Do You Actually Know What They Mean ? This Is The Sole Purpose Of Me Writteing This Post . To Help You OverStand Soul And Spirit By Telling You What A Soul And Spirit IS NOT ;.....All Of The Interpretations Given To You By Various Religious Leader Have Gotten Thousands Of People Caught Up In What Is Called Spookism , The Belief In Spooks , Ghosts , And Goblins , Things That Only Exist In Myths . Legends And Fables , Belief In Spookism Take You Away From The Reality Of Life's True Essence And The Real Truth Of Life's Existence . Its Time To Put Away These Myths And Legends And Deal With The Facts Of What A Soul And Spirit Really Is Which Bring Us To The First Question . What Is A Soul . The Word Soul Is Used More By Religious People Than By Anybody Else . It Is Religious Groups That Constantly Speak About A Soul And Spirit , And What Is Sad Is That If You LQQk In Each Religion's Holy Books ; Torah The Old Testament Genesis 17 ; 14 . The New Testament Matthew 12 ; 18 As Well As The Quraan 4 ; 171 . You Will See That They Mistranslat And Misuse The Word '' Soul '' Intentionally . The Soul Or Spirit Is Not Some Ghost Like Apparition Or Some Spiritual Being Like Painting Pictures , Statues And Television Have You Thinking . Here Is An Example Of How The Word Soul Has Been Mistranslated . Can Be Found In Genesis 1 ;2 And I Quote , And The Earth Was Without Form , And Void ; And Darkness Was Upon The Face Of The Deep . And The Spirit Of God Moved Upon TheFace Of The Waters Take A LQQk At The Hebrew Word Ruwach Meaning . Wind Breath , Mind , Also In The Quraan 70 ; 4 Where It States And I Quote . Whereby , All The Heavenly Host The Soul ( Jesus Christ ) Shall Elevate Unto Him In A Day Whose Length Is Fifty Thousand Years .
In Arabic , The Word Ruwh Is Used Meaning , Breath Of Life Soul . Now This Is How The Confusion Starts , Why Would They Translate The Word Rooakh In HebrewOr Ruwh In Arabic As Spirit When In Actuality The Word Spirit Is Nafs In Arabic And Nefesh In Hebrew? Either It Was Deliberately Done Or The People Who Translated It Do Not Know The Language Nor Do They Know That There Is A Difference Between Spirit And Soul Themselves . Clarke's Bible Commentary Shows TheExact Point I'm Making Here . In Genesis1 ;24 It States , AndI Quote '' All God Said , Let The Earth Bring Forth The Living Creature After His Kind ...
'' Let the earth bring forth the living creature nephesh hayyum ; a general term to express all creatures endued with animal life .
Clarke's Bibl Commentary . Volume I . Genesis - Deuteronomy .
Now In This Verse It Says '' Living Creature '' And Translates As Nefesh Hayyum In Hebrew . Here Clarke Is Uncertain Of The Correct Definition Of Nefesh Spirit And Ruwach Soul . Yet , In Genesis 1 ; 2 As Previously Stated , He Translates '' Spirit Of God '' . Based On The Hebrew Word Ruwach . The Spirit Of God ; This Has Been Variously And Strangely UnderStand . Some Think A Violent Wind Is Meant . Because Ruach Often Signifies Wind As Well As Spirit , As Pneuma Does In The Greek .
Clarke's Bible Commentary . Volume I . Genesis - Deuteronomy .
Also Lane Arabic - English Lexicon Defines Ruwh As ; The Soul , Spirit , Or Vital Principal . ; Syn ; ( But There Is A Difference Between These Two Words . For They Are Not Always Interchangeable ,
However , The Greek Translation Shows The Following Definitions Of Spirit And Soul ; Psuch / Soul . Life Mind ; The Breath Of Life ; The Vital Force Which Animates The Body And Shows Itself In Breathing Which Can Be Found In Mark 8 ; 36 And I Quote For What Shall It Profit A Man . If He Shall Gain The Whole World , And Lose His Own Soul ?

Pneuma ; Spirit ; A Movement Of Air ( A Gentle Blaste ) ; The Spirit , The Vital Principal By Which The Body Is Animated ; TheRational Spirit Which Can Be Found In Matthew 3 ;16 And I Quote . And Jesus When He Was Baptized , Went Up Straightway Out Of The Water ; And Lo . The Heavens Were Opened Unto Him And He Saw The Spirit Of God Descending Like A Dove , And Lighting Upon Him

So , The Problem Of Overstanding The Difference Between Spirit And Soul Is Not From The Person Reading The Scriptures , It Stems From The Translator . Your Religious Leaders Are At Fault Because They Don't Know Any Other Language And Therefore Have To Rely On These Mistranslations . Even If What They Read Doesn't Make Sense To Them They Will Still Relay It To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Their Followers Believing Without A Doubt That This Translated Scriptures Is Correct . Let's Further Examine The Word Ruwh In Arabic From The Root Raha Which Means '' It Was Violently Windy ''
Other Derivatives Are In Arabic ;
Reeh <> ( n ) wind , fart , smell , odor
Rayyah <> ( adf ) , a gentle wind
Ruwh <> ( n ) breath of life , soul
Al Ruwhul Quwdus <> ( n ) the holy soul

And In Hebrew The Root Of Ruwach , Means '' To Blow Breathe ..
Other Derivaltives Are In Hebrew
Ruwach <> mind , spirit , wind
Ruwach <> Wind by resemblance breath , a sensible ( or even violent ) exhalation ; life, anger unsubstantiality ; a region in thesky ; by resemblance spirit . but only of a rational being ( its expression and functions ) ; air anger . blast breath , cool . courage . mind quarter , side , spirit , tempest , vain , ( whirl wind ) .

[size=3 PT]According to Genesis 2 ; 7 , upon the procreation of Adam God Blew his soul into Adam , And I Quote ; And the Lord < Yehovah > God < elohiym > formed
< yatsar > man < adam > of the dust < aphar > of Nm < min > the ground
< adamah > and breathed < naphach > into his nostrils < aph > the breath
< neshamah > of life < chay > and man < adam > became a living < chay > soul
< nephesh >
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground , and breathed into his nostrlis the breath of life ; and man became a living soul ;...
The soul is called the breath ( Genesis 6 ; 17 , John 1 ; 4 ) .
Bible - Old Testament Genesis 6 ; 17 ( with Hebrew inserts )
And , behold < hinneh > . I < aniy > , even I . do bring < bow > a flood
< mabbuwl > of water < mayim > upon the earth < erets > , to destroy
< shachath > all flesh < basar > wherein in the breath < ruwach > of life < chay >
from under < tachath > heaven < shamayim > and every thing < kol > that is in the earth < erets > shall die < gava >
And , behold , I , even I , do bring a flood of water upon the earth , to destroy all flesh , wherein is the breath of life , from under heaven ; and every thing that isin the eath shall die .
Bible - Old Tesament John 1 ; 4 ( with Greek Inserts )
In < en > him < auntos > was < en . life < zoe > and < kai > was < en > the light
< phos > of men < anthropos >
In him was life ; and the life was the light of men
And now if you recall '' ruwach '' isdefined as '' wind '' and wind is also breath as you've previously read . So the Lord God or as translated in Hebrw , '' Yahweh Eloheem '' gave him ( Adam ) the breath of divine life and Adam was born a spirit ( Genesis 2 ; 7) .
[/size][size=2 PT]The Quraan 32 ; 9 Also states he '' breathed '' from his soul , And I Quote
The < thum - ma > He fashioned him < saw waa hu > and < wa > breathed
< na fa ka > into him < fee he > of < min . His spirit < rew he he > and < wa > gave < ja a la > you < lakum > the ability to hear < as sa ma a > and < wa > see the inner sight ( the discerning mind ) < al ab ssar > and < wa > inner hearts
( emotions ) < af e da ta > a little < qa lee lan > yet you only than him
< tas ka room > ( Ps 104 ; 30 , 148 ; 5 ) .
Then He fashioned him breathed into him of His spirits and gave you the ability to hear and see , and the inner sight ( the discerning mind ) . and inner hearts ( emotions ) ; yet , you only thank him a little ( Ps 104 ; 30 , 148 ; 5 ) .
So the ruwach '' soul '' is likened to the wind that is felt when it blows , but isn't seen John 3 ; 8 And I Quote , The wind < pneuma > bloweth < pneo > where
< hopou > it listeth < thelo > , and < kai > thou hearest < akouo > the sound
< phone > thereof < autos > , but < alla > canst < eido > not < ou > tell < eido>
whence < pothen > . it cometh < erchomai > , and < kai > whither < pou > it goeth < hupago > so < houto > is < esti > every one < pas > that is born
< gennao > of < ek > the Spirit < pneuma > ( with Greek Inserts ) ..
The wind bloweth where it listeth , and thou hearest the sound thereof , but canst not tell whence it cometh , and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit .
The soul is the ether , life force within you and is the source of vitality of life for all forms . The soul is therefore the nature of the inner part of man & woman

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