regarding levititicus 17:11, what is the original hebrew or greek for the third word....?

Question

kjv) and pretty much all bibles ive seen say " for the LIFE of the flesh is in the blood..."

as for the jehovah's witness version (THE NEW WORLD TRANSLATION) refraise it as
"for the SOUL of the flesh is in the blood..."

wich one do you think is more in accordance with the original hebrew or greek? hebrew i think... hmmm

Answer 1

The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Version lists the primary definition of the Hebrew word 'Nephesh' as "SOUL":

http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=05315&version=kjv

Note further down that the total King James Word Usage of this word is 753 times and out of that, 'Soul' is transliterated 475 times. This is over 3 times more than the next listing: 'Life' at only 117 times.

Answer 2

The Hebrew Nephesh indicates a creature having 'breathing life.' From "Noph"--the nose--it indicates not just 'life' as we define 'life' but a specific KIND of living thing: One which BREATHES.

The word is sometimes translated 'soul' and sometimes as 'life', as when 'Adam became a living soul;' you could say 'Adam became a living breather.' (You could translated it as 'breathing liver' but just think of the wierd doctrines THAT TRANSLATION might make for--quite aside from the comical visual images!)

Answer 3

Given the choice between the 2, I would take the KJV every time over the NWT! It has to do with the KJV translators being able to speak the languages that they translated from like their mother tongue. The translators of the NWT didn't nearly have that depth of experience.

Answer 4

Levitcus was written in Hebrew...soooo??

"The life of the soul resides in the blood"

Answer 5

When a cult makes their own translation of the Bible, be sure they are going to translate things in their favor.

It so happens that both life and soul are derived from the same Hebrew word, nephesh.

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Answer 6

http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/OTpdf/lev17.pdf

Look it up for yourself and see which is the more accurate.

The Hebrew really does say 'soul of the flesh'

Answer 7

here is a link

http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/c.pl?book=Lev&chapter=17&verse=11&version=KJV#11

god bless

Answer 8

H5315
נפשׁ
nephesh
neh'-fesh
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortality, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.

Answer 9

(Leviticus was written in hebrew)