Genesis 2:7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."
The word "formed" is used [molded as clay] to describe the making of this man we would come to know as Adam.
When man was formed he became a living creature.The physical body was formed pressed/molded out of clay as in a way one might think of in the making of pottery or a vessel. God was the Potter (maker of this vessel).
A vessel is made to hold a thing, so it was the clay vessel (a physical body) that was to hold a soul/spirit the living part of us connected to God
So it was God created a clay vessel and into it breathed (put) the breath of life ..
What is this breath of life its much more than just air its was the breath,a part of God blown into nostrils.
The Hebrew Word for breath is nĕshamah,as is typical of Hebrew it paints a picture for us. This breath, was spirit . The spirit of God imparting life to the soul of man not just physical life
to the flesh vessel but soul/spirit life, a part of himself, sometimes referred to in Hebrew as a spark, it is this soul/spirit that filled this flesh vessel .
It was this breath that made man a living soul lets look at the Word soul here in the Hebrew and see what picture it paints for us
Its the Hebrew Word nephesh
1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b ) living being
c) living being (with life in the blood)
d) the man himself, self, person or individual
e) seat of the appetites
f) seat of emotions and passions
g) activity of mind
h) activity of the will
i) activity of the character
We can see that it was much more than just a physical life this breath of life gave unto man in the giving of this breath to the soul,
we were given emotions, the mind, and free will, these things did not evolve or were learned over time they were given us by God in his very breath.
Another point of interest in this Word for Breath is it comes from the root Word nasham -meaning to pant as a woman in labor (to give birth)
So it was with this breath of God that it gave birth to a new creature a living flesh being with a living Soul
The word "formed" is used [molded as clay] to describe the making of this man we would come to know as Adam.
When man was formed he became a living creature.The physical body was formed pressed/molded out of clay as in a way one might think of in the making of pottery or a vessel. God was the Potter (maker of this vessel).
A vessel is made to hold a thing, so it was the clay vessel (a physical body) that was to hold a soul/spirit the living part of us connected to God
So it was God created a clay vessel and into it breathed (put) the breath of life ..
What is this breath of life its much more than just air its was the breath,a part of God blown into nostrils.
The Hebrew Word for breath is nĕshamah,as is typical of Hebrew it paints a picture for us. This breath, was spirit . The spirit of God imparting life to the soul of man not just physical life
to the flesh vessel but soul/spirit life, a part of himself, sometimes referred to in Hebrew as a spark, it is this soul/spirit that filled this flesh vessel .
It was this breath that made man a living soul lets look at the Word soul here in the Hebrew and see what picture it paints for us
Its the Hebrew Word nephesh
1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion
a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man
b ) living being
c) living being (with life in the blood)
d) the man himself, self, person or individual
e) seat of the appetites
f) seat of emotions and passions
g) activity of mind
h) activity of the will
i) activity of the character
We can see that it was much more than just a physical life this breath of life gave unto man in the giving of this breath to the soul,
we were given emotions, the mind, and free will, these things did not evolve or were learned over time they were given us by God in his very breath.
Another point of interest in this Word for Breath is it comes from the root Word nasham -meaning to pant as a woman in labor (to give birth)
So it was with this breath of God that it gave birth to a new creature a living flesh being with a living Soul