Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5395 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נָשַׁם |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | nasham |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | naw-sham' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to blow away, i.e. destroy |
| KJV Renderings: | destroy. |
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[נשׁם] verb pant (Late Hebrew in nouns נְשִׁימָה, נְשָׁמָה, ᵑ7 נִשְׁמָא, נִשְׁמְתָא; late Aramaic Ithpe`el; Syriac [untranscribed source text 3472] breathe, blow; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3473] gently breathe (of wind), etc.; see seek a thing with labour and perseverance (Lane3032); [untranscribed source text 3474] a soul, Laneib.); — pant , of the deep and strong breathing of a woman in travail;
[נִשְׁמָה] noun feminine breath (see Biblical Hebrew, √ נשׁם ); — suffix נִשְׁמְתָח Dan 5:23, i.e. breath of life.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
