About SPIRIT

Hebrew Name

רוּחַ

English Name

SPIRIT

Phonetic Spelling

ROO-ACH

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What does SPIRIT mean?

Ruach, Hebrew for “spirit,” appears in the second verse of the Bible as “a spirit of God sweeping over the water” at the very beginning of the creation of the world. Similarly, divine inspiration is known as ruach hakodesh, literally translated as “holy spirit.”

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃
the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from Hashem sweeping over the water—
v'-ha-A-retz ha-Y'-ta to-HU va-VO-hu v'-KHO-shekh al p'-NAY t'-HOM v'-RU-akh e-lo-HEEM m'-ra-KHE-fet al p'-NAY ha-MA-yim
Genesis 1:2

אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק תָּמִ֥ים הָיָ֖ה בְּדֹֽרֹתָ֑יו אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹֽחַ׃
But when Moshe told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to Moshe, their spirits crushed by cruel bondage.
AY-leh to-LE-doth NO-akh, NO-akh EESH tza-DEEK ta-MEEM ha-YA ba-do-RO-tav, et ha-E-lo-HEEM hit-ha-LEKH-NO-akh.
Exodus 6:9

Description about SPIRIT

Ruach, Hebrew for “spirit,” appears in the second verse of the Bible as “a spirit of God sweeping over the water” at the very beginning of the creation of the world. Similarly, divine inspiration is known as ruach hakodesh, literally translated as “holy spirit.” The sages teach that “a person does not sin unless a ruach shtut, a spirit of folly, enters him.” Since a person’s soul is from God and always connected to God, only a spirit foreign to his soul can cause him to sin. In other contexts, ruach means “wind” or “breath.” At the splitting of the sea, “God drove back the sea with a strong east wind (ruach) all that night, and turned the sea into dry ground” (Exodus 14:21). A few verses later, the word ruach appears again, this time meaning “breath.” After the children of Israel cross safely to the other side, they sing, “At the breath of Your nostrils the waters piled up” (Exodus 15:8). After Pharaoh increased the burden of the suffering Hebrew slaves in Egypt, Moses sought to comfort the people. “But when Moses told this to the Israelites, they would not listen to Moses, because of their shortness of breath (ruach) and the cruel bondage” (Exodus 6:9). Their enslavement caused them such physical and emotional stress that they were unable to breathe normally or maintain a sense of calm and focus. In this painful emotional state, they could not even absorb God’s promise that they would soon be freed from their bondage.

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