Article May 2, 1964 Issue

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on May 10, 1964.]

A living soul (Gen. 2:7)

The Hebrew word nephesh, here translated "soul," was used in a variety of senses, varying with the context in which the word appeared. Thus the Jews sometimes used nephesh to express soul or life; while elsewhere it is employed to mean self, or person; or, again, passion or appetite. In the present context Moffatt suggests, "a living being."

The serpent beguiled me (Gen. 3:13) (be-gild—e as in e vent, i as in i ce). "Beguiled" means "led or drew by deception; led away; diverted; deceived."