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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 11:6/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״א:ו׳

אנפשנו יבשה. היא הנפש המתאוה הנטועה בכבד:

1BUT NOW OUR SOUL IS DRIED AWAY. The reference is to the lusting soul, which is implanted in the liver.²⁹, page 96. According to I.E. there are three souls in the body, neshamah, ru’ach, and nefesh. The neshamah (rational soul) is manifested in the brain; the ru’ach (spirit) is located in the heart; and the nefesh (the lusting soul), the part of the psyche that desires food and sex, is in the liver.

באין כל. חסרנו כל דבר:

2THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL. We lack everything.

געינינו. כי מן השמים ירד:

3TO LOOK TO. For the manna came down from heaven.³⁰