נשמה (neshamah) — pictograph word study
נשמה
Meaning: breath, spirit, breath of life
Letter by letter — the ancient pictures
נ Nun — value 50
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →
Fish, life multiplying, faithfulness (ne'eman); fifty — Jubilee, freedom, Shavuot's fiftieth day letter page →
ש Shin — value 300
Fire, teeth, transformation; the letter of Shaddai on every mezuzah and in the priestly hands; three hundred — Gideon's refined company letter page →
Fire, teeth, transformation; the letter of Shaddai on every mezuzah and in the priestly hands; three hundred — Gideon's refined company letter page →
מ Mem — value 40
Water, flow, womb, source; forty — the number of testing and transformation (flood, Sinai, wilderness) letter page →
Water, flow, womb, source; forty — the number of testing and transformation (flood, Sinai, wilderness) letter page →
ה Heh — value 5
Breath, revelation, behold!; the lightest letter — being itself; the definite article that makes anything 'the' letter page →
Breath, revelation, behold!; the lightest letter — being itself; the definite article that makes anything 'the' letter page →