H5397

נשמה

נשמה

nashamah

Feminine noun · From נשם (H5395)

From H5395; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal:—blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.

Outline

breath, spirit

breath (of God)
breath (of man)
every breathing thing
spirit (of man)

Usages

Genesis 2:7

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Breakdown

dust is two-fold. It is referring to literal dust (because all of the elements found in man can be found in the elements of the ground), but also confusion, i.e. man was taken out of his confused state and given the laws and order. breath The spirit, knowledge, wisdom and understanding (Wisdom 7:24-28, Ezekiel 37).

Precepts

Wisdom 7:25 2 Esdras 16:61

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Genesis 7:22

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

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Deuteronomy 20:16

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

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Joshua 10:40

¶ So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

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Joshua 11:11

And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

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Joshua 11:14

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

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2 Samuel 22:16

And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

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1 Kings 15:29

And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

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1 Kings 17:17

¶ And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

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Job 4:9

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

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Job 26:4

To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

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Job 27:3

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

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Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

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Job 33:4

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

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Job 34:14

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

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Job 37:10

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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Psalms 18:15

Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

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Psalms 150:6

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

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Proverbs 20:27

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

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Isaiah 2:22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

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Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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Isaiah 42:5

¶ Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

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Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

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Daniel 10:17

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

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