My soul, your soul, their souls, is the Hebrew idiom for myself, yourself, yourselves, etc.
See Numbers 23:10. Judges 16:30. Psalms 59:3 (4); 35:13; 103:1; 121:7, Jeremiah 18:20 (cf. 38:16).
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Author: E. W. Bullinger
Keywords: Soul, Self, Psuche, Psyche, Myself, Oneself
Bible reference(s): Numbers 23:10, Judges 16:30, Psalms 59:3, Psa 35:13, Psalm 16:10, Psa 103:1, Psa 121:7, Jeremiah 18:20, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Acts 13:35
Source: Figures of Speech Used in the Bible Explained and Illustrated (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1898).
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