Etymology

neshama

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Today it means: The soul. Full definition →

Hebrew נְשָׁמָה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromנְשָׁמָה“spirit”
  2. English todayneshama

From Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (n'shamá, “spirit”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.