English Explanatory Dictionary

animal soul

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. According to Kabbalah, one of the two souls Jews possess, and the only one that gentiles have. It animates the living body and is the source of both animalistic desires and traits like kindness and compassion.

Word forms

animal soul animal souls

Etymology

Calque of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ הַבַּהֲמִית (néfesh habahamít).

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