נְשָׁמָה
Used: 24 times · Key: 5397 · BDB: נְשָׁמָה
Glosses
breath (6); the.breath (6); breathing.thing (4)
Meaning (OSHB)
breath tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. breath tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. breath;—נ׳ Dt 20:16 + 9 times; cstr. נִשְׁמַת (cf. LagBN 82) Gn 2:7 + 10 times; sf. נִשְׁמָתִי Jb 27:3; נִשְׁמָתוֹ Jb 34:14; pl. נְשָׁמוֹת Is 57:16;— breath of God as hot wind kindling a flame Is 30:33; as destroying wind 2 S 22:16 = ψ 18:16, Jb 4:9; as cold wind producing ice Jb 37:10; as creative, giving breath to man Jb 32:8; 33:4. breath of man 1 K 17:17 Is 42:5 Jb 27:3 Dn 10:17; breath of life נשׁמת חיים Gn 2:7 (J); cf. נִשְׁמַת רוּחַ חַיִּים Gn 7:22 (J); as breathed in by God it is God’s breath in man Jb 33:4; 34:14; and is characteristic of man אדם אשׁר נשׁמה באפו Is 2:22 man in whose nostrils is but a breath (gloss). syn. of נֶפֶשׁ in נפשׁ כָּל־נְשָׁמָה every breathing thing Dt 20:16 Jos 11:11, 14 1 K 15:29; כָּל־הַנְּשָׁמָה Jos 10:40 ψ 150:6; נְשָׁמוֹת Is 57:16. spirit of man, ‖ רוּחַ, נֵר י׳ נ׳ אָדָם Pr 20:27 the spirit of man is a lamp of י׳; cf. Jb 26:4.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «נְשָׁמָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
כֹּ֣ל הַ֭נְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּ֥ל יָ֗הּ הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃
Word for word: every (the).breathing thing let.it.praise Yahweh praise Yahweh
JPS 1917: Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.
נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל־חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃
Word for word: the.lamp of.Yahweh [is.the].breath of.a.human [it.is].searching all [the].chambers of.[the].belly
JPS 1917: The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts.
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