הַנְשָמָה לָך וְהַגוף ּפְעֳלָך
חוסָה עַל עָמָלָך
The soul is Yours and the body is Your work
Have mercy on Your toil
Then the Holy One formed adam of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and adam became a living soul.
What means that which is written, "Then the Holy One formed adam," the word "formed" being spelled with two letters yod? The Holy One created two impulses, one good and the other evil.
(128) The use man can make of his mouth is what basically distinguishes him from other living creatures. The Torah describes Adam as having become a living creature in Genesis 2,7. Onkelos renders this as "man (Adam) became a talking creature." From this stems the duty of man to fulfill all the promises he makes with his mouth. The Torah (23,24) specifically commands: מוצא שפתיך תשמור, "You must fulfill what has crossed your lips."...From this it is clear that such utterances are binding upon us. The formula וידבר ... לאמור which we frequently find in the Torah may be a warning that what is uttered externally, i.e. דבור, should reflect what has been formulated already within us, i.e. אמירה. The ability to formulate thoughts into words is almost divine; this is why we must take great care with everything that crosses our lips.