Nepes Hayya (Living Creatures)

Defintion of the Hebrew phrase 'nepes hayya' (living creatures) from NIDOTTE, Vol. 2, pg. 108 - ‘But the Torah does more than acknowledge physical life, briefly describing also its inception. As a result of G-d’s creative activity, both animals and people are “living creatures.” In this sense, all of animate nature is on similar standing. While most translations imply that Gen 2:7 is in some way different from 1:20, 24, the Hebrew is the same in each instance (nepes hayya). What separates humans beings from the animal word is not that they are living souls rather than creatures, but that they have been created “in the image of G-d.”’Concordance references:Living: NIVEC: 2645, STRONG'S: 2416Creatures: NIVEC: 5883, STRONG'S: 5315Books that were referenced in the making of this episode:David L Clough - On Animals, Vol. 1: Systematic TheologyJohn R. Kohlenberger III - The NIV Exhaustive Bible Concordance, Third Edition: A Better Strong's Bible Concordance - NIVECHenry S. Salt - Animals’ Rights Considered in Relation to Social ProgressPeter Singer - Animal LiberationRobert L. Thomas - The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance (Strongest Strong's) - STRONG'SWillam A. VanGemeren - New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis - NIDOTTE