neshama
Pronunciations
Definitions
n. A soul.
Example Sentences
"He already has such a Jewish neshama." (upon hearing of the news of a friend who finally converted to Judaism)
“He is a tortured neshome.” (NJY)
"OK, he's a real jerk, but he has a good neshama." (Glinert)
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
TH נשמה neshamá > Y נשמה neshóme
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- North America
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
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Alternative Spellings
neshome, neshume, neshame, neshameh
Notes
See also neshomele.
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