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H5397נְשָׁמָהne.sha.mah

breathPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. 3
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 2
  20. 1
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 4
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. 1
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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24 occurrences in 24 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 2:7

    Then 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.

    נִשְׁמַ֣ת nish.Mat “[the] breath of”

  2. Genesis 7:22

    all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, whatsoever was in the dry land, died.

    נִשְׁמַת־ nish.mat- “[the] breath of”

  3. Deuteronomy 20:16

    Howbeit of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,

    נְשָׁמָֽה׃ ne.sha.Mah “breathing thing”

  4. Joshua 10:40

    So Joshua smote 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 the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded.

    הַנְּשָׁמָה֙ (נְּשָׁמָה֙) ne.sha.Mah “breathing thing”

  5. Joshua 11:11

    And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed; and he burnt Hazor with fire.

    נְשָׁמָ֑ה ne.sha.Mah “breathing thing”

  6. 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 that breathed.

    נְשָׁמָֽה׃ ne.sha.Mah “breathing thing”

  7. 2 Samuel 22:16

    And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

    מִנִּשְׁמַ֖ת (נִּשְׁמַ֖ת) nish.Mat “[the] breathing of”

  8. 1 Kings 15:29

    And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, 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 spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilo

    נְשָׁמָ֛ה ne.sha.Mah “breathing thing”

  9. 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.

    נְשָׁמָֽה׃ ne.sha.Mah “breath”

  10. Job 4:9

    By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger are they consumed.

    מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת (נִּשְׁמַ֣ת) nish.Mat “[the] breath of”

  11. Job 26:4

    With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

    וְנִשְׁמַת־ (נִשְׁמַת) nish.mat- “[the] breath of”

  12. Job 27:3

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

    נִשְׁמָתִ֣י (נִשְׁמָתִ֣) nish.ma.T “breath”

  13. Job 32:8

    But it is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty, that giveth them understanding.

    וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת (נִשְׁמַ֖ת) nish.Mat “[the] breath of”

  14. Job 33:4

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

    וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת (נִשְׁמַ֖ת) nish.Mat “[the] breath of”

  15. Job 34:14

    If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;

    וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹ (נִשְׁמָת֗) nish.ma.T “breath”

  16. Job 37:10

    By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

    מִנִּשְׁמַת־ (נִּשְׁמַת) nish.mat- “[the] breath of”

  17. Psalms 18:16

    And the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare, at Thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Thy nostrils.

    מִ֝נִּשְׁמַ֗ת (נִּשְׁמַ֗ת) nish.Mat “[the] breath of”

  18. Psalms 150:6

    Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Hallelujah.

    הַ֭נְּשָׁמָה (נְּשָׁמָה) ne.sha.mah “breathing thing”

  19. Proverbs 20:27

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

    נִשְׁמַ֣ת nish.Mat “[is the] breath of”

  20. Isaiah 2:22

    Cease ye from man, in whose nostrils is a breath; for how little is he to be accounted!

    נְשָׁמָ֖ה ne.sha.Mah “breath”

  21. Isaiah 30:33

    For a hearth is ordered of old; yea, for the king it is prepared, deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

    נִשְׁמַ֤ת nish.Mat “[the] breath of”

  22. Isaiah 42:5

    Thus saith God the LORD, He that created the heavens, and stretched them forth, 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:

    נְשָׁמָה֙ ne.sha.Mah “breath”

  23. Isaiah 57:16

    For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit that enwrappeth itself is from Me, and the souls which I have made.

    וּנְשָׁמ֖וֹת (נְשָׁמ֖וֹת) ne.sha.Mot “breaths”

  24. Daniel 10:17

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

    וּנְשָׁמָ֖ה (נְשָׁמָ֖ה) ne.sha.Mah “breath”