“pouring out of the spirit” is the pouring out of the “heart” (לֵב Ps 62:9 [8]*; Lam 2:19*) or of the “soul” (נֶפֶשׁ 1 Sam 1:15*; Ps 42:5 [4]*), connoting an unreserved70 unburdening of confidences, an open sharing of one’s thinking and willing, one’s feeling and insight. Yet “spirit” (רוח) is not primarily an organ of cognition (like “heart” לֵב) or of desire (like “soul” נֶפֶשׁ); it is a vital power and will towards action.71 As such it is not at man’s disposal (after all, רוח also