1) breath, spirit 1a) breath (of God) 1b) breath (of man) 1c) every breathing thing 1d) spirit (of man) Aramaic equivalent: nish.ma (נִשְׁמָא "breath" H5396)
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H5397 — נְשָׁמָה
ne.sha.mah · breath · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 2:7 · נִשְׁמַ֣תYahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.Genesis 7:22 · נִשְׁמַת־All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.Deuteronomy 20:16 · נְשָׁמָֽה׃But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;Joshua 10:40 · הַנְּשָׁמָה֙So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.Joshua 11:11 · נְשָׁמָ֑הThey struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire.Joshua 11:14 · נְשָׁמָֽה׃The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities, with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed.2 Samuel 22:16 · מִנִּשְׁמַ֖תThen the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.1 Kings 15:29 · נְשָׁמָ֛הIt happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam: he didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;1 Kings 17:17 · נְשָׁמָֽה׃It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.Job 4:9 · מִנִּשְׁמַ֣תBy the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.Job 26:4 · וְנִשְׁמַת־To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?Job 27:3 · נִשְׁמָתִ֣י(For the length of my life is still in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);Job 32:8 · וְנִשְׁמַ֖תBut there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.Job 33:4 · וְנִשְׁמַ֖תThe Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.Job 34:14 · וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹIf he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,Job 37:10 · מִנִּשְׁמַת־By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.Psalm 18:15 · מִ֝נִּשְׁמַ֗תThen the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.Psalm 150:6 · הַ֭נְּשָׁמָהLet everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!Proverbs 20:27 · נִשְׁמַ֣תThe spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.Isaiah 2:22 · נְשָׁמָ֖הStop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?Isaiah 30:33 · נִשְׁמַ֤תFor his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is prepared. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. Yahweh’s breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.Isaiah 42:5 · נְשָׁמָה֙Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.Isaiah 57:16 · וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹתFor I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.Daniel 10:17 · וּנְשָׁמָ֖הFor how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.