soul
part of speech
noun (a soul, souls; soul — music)
meaning for a pupil
1) (religion) The soul is the part of a person that many religions believe is spiritual, lives on after death, and is the real "you" — your mind, feelings and spirit. tree →
2) A soul is a person, as in "not a soul was there" (nobody) or "poor soul" (a person to feel sorry for). tree →
3) Soul is deep feeling or warmth in music, art or speech: "She sings with soul." tree →
4) Soul music is a style of African American music with gospel roots. tree →
5) To have a soul for something means to have a deep love for it and a natural gift for it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalms people speak to their own soul, as in "Bless the LORD, O my soul", and the soul can feel despair when God seems far away. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that the soul is a gift from God, and later writings speak of several levels of soul, with the soul returning to God after death. The last verse of Psalms is read as saying every soul should praise God. In the primary lessons: In RE, Christians believe each person has a soul made by God; other faiths and humanists see it differently. In stories "heart and soul" means with all your energy. Phrases: body and soul, heart and soul, not a soul, poor soul, soul mate, soul food, bless his soul.
examples
- And I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you. (Torah LEV.26.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.' (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Hamor spoke with them, saying 'The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter. (Torah GEN.34.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Bless the LORD, O my soul. (Writings PSA.104.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Praise the LORD, O my soul. (Writings PSA.146.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? (Writings PSA.88.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Many people believe the soul lives on after death. tree →
- There wasn't a soul in the park at night. tree →
- The old dog was a gentle soul. tree →
- She put her heart and soul into the painting. tree →
- Poor soul, he lost his umbrella in the storm. tree →
- Grandma loves soul music. tree →
- "God rest his soul," said Nan at the funeral. tree →
- You have a soul for poetry. tree →
note
Countable. Homophone: sole (a fish, or the bottom of your foot or shoe, or "only": the sole survivor). "Not a soul" means "no one" — it is not about religion there.
In the corpora
- Arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.'
- And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel.
- And Hamor spoke with them, saying 'The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter.
- These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen.
- And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «soul» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.