Sublime

Ezekiel 37 is parallel to Gen. 2:7 in which God breathes neshamah—a virtual synonym of ruach that means “the breath of life”—into an already formed body. In both texts, the entity God adds is (1) that which animates and makes alive, (2) something that is added by God and is non-emergent. The ruach is something that can depart upon death (Ps. 146:4;