BDB5422
נְשָׁמָה noun feminine breath; — ׳ נ Deut 20:16 + 9 t.; construct נִשְׁמַת (compare LagBN 82) Gen 2:7 + 10 t.; suffix נִשְׁמָתִי Job 27:3 נִשְׁמָתוֺ Job 34:14 plural נְשָׁמוֺת Isa 57:16 —
1.
breath of God as hot wind kindling a flame Isa 30:33 as destroying wind 2Sam 22:16 = Ps 18:16; Job 4:9 as cold
wind producing ice
Job 32:8;
Job 33:4.
2.
breath of man 1Kgs 17:17; Isa 42:5; Job 27:3; Dan 10:7 breath of life נשׁמת חיים
Gen 2:7 (
J
); compare נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ
חַיִּים
Gen 7:22 (
J
); as breathed in by God it is God's breath in man Job 34:14; Job 36:4 and is characteristic of man אדם
אשׁר נשׁמה באפו
Isa 2:22
man in whose nostrils is but a breath (late gloss).
3. synonym נפשׁ כָּל נְשָׁמָה
every breathing thing
Deut 20:16;
Josh 11:11;
Josh 11:14;
1Kgs 15:29
כָּלהַֿנְּשָׁמָה
Josh 10:14;
Ps 150:6
נְשָׁמוֺת
Isa 57:16.
4.
spirit of man, || רוּחַ, אָדָם
׳
נ
׳
נֵר י
Prov 20:27
the spirit of man is a lamp of
׳
י.