zo-ra · W117
zora · life-energy, animating vitality · ✅
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| Domain | biology / theology / phenomenology |
| Class | entity / vital quality |
| Type | compound |
| Register | standard / theological / poetic |
| First use | S359 (GOD-RES batch; zo-ra = "life-energy" in three-way zo-ra / zo-to / |
| zo-si contrast; resolves open-question GOD-007). |
Composition
zo (living thing/organism) + ra (force/energy) = the force/energy of a living thing = animating vitality. Head-final: ra (force) is head; zo specifies the domain — the force native to living things.
Definition
life-energy; animating vitality; the dynamic force that makes an organism alive and active; the felt sense of being enlivened. Equivalent to Hebrew nefesh in its primary biological sense: the enlivened breath- capacity of a living creature (Genesis 2:7: "living being"). Covers but is not limited to: vitality, vigor, the animating principle of life.
Notes
Three-way distinction resolved in GOD-RES: zo-ra = animating vitality (nefesh hayah — living being's energy) zo-to = soul / organism identity-pattern (W068) zo-si = spirit / disembodied living agent (W069) zo-ra can cease at death; whether zo-to persists is a theological open question Tonesu leaves open. zo-si refers to an agent that has no physical organism and does not cease the way zo-ra does. zo-ra-ma = food (energy-matter of living things; GOD-007/S359). zo-ra-fe = life's completion/fullness (Matthew 7 usage for "life" as the endpoint the narrow gate leads to).
Related
zo (primitive), ra (primitive), zo-to (W068), zo-si (W069), zo-ra-ma (food compound), zo-ra-fe (life to fullness)
In the corpus
6 attestations.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S359 | lo-zo lo-zo-ra beEvery organism has life-energy within it. |
| S942 | go {la-i-zo-li zo-ra de}, la-mu ne-fe lo-ka-no-de lo-i-zo-liClassic Law 1b: danger to a person's life creates a rescue duty. |
| S947 | go {la-i-zo-li zo-ra de}, la-mu ne-fe lo-ka-no-de lo-i-zo-liTonesu-native Law 2: rescue duty is stated separately from the harm ban. |
| S949 | go {la-mu si [la-i-zo-li zo-ra de] / la-mu no-to [lo-ze]}, la-mu ka-si lo-to-fe-li lo-zeTonesu-native Law 4: signal-grade danger without knowledge-grade certainty must be escalated. |
| S952 | go {la-i-zo-li zo-ra de ; la-mu si [la-ze zo-ra de] / la-mu no-to [lo-ze]}, la-mu ne-fe lo-ka-no-de lo-i-zo-liKnown danger outranks only-signaled danger. |
| S953 | go {la-mu si [la-i-zo-li zo-ra de] / la-mu no-to [lo-ze]}, la-mu ka-fe-si ne-i-zo-li / no-wi-fe-ka [la-mu ka-ko lo-i-zo-li]Signal-grade danger licenses warning, not containment. |
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