Did Adam and Eve have the Holy Sp...Holy Ghost?

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Originally Posted by diakonos

I feel almost stupid asking this...

There's a guy going around telling people that Adam and Eve had the Holy Ghost because God breathed into Adam the breath of life. He states that breath is ruach/wind/spirit. I am familiar with RUACH. However, I feel that he is reading into the text something that is NOT there.

Because ruach can mean spirit doesn't mean it should always translated be as spirit.. correct? Right. My thoughts.

Breath in Genesis 2:7 isn't ruach.

See here: https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/2-7.htm

It's neshamah.

You need to go and school this fool!