hebrew #5301 - נָפַח naphach (to breathe)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance blow, breath, give up, cause to lose life, seething, snuff A primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem) -- blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff. Englishman's Concordance 1) to breathe, blow, sniff at, seethe, give up or lose (life) 1a) (Qal) to breathe, blow 1b) (Pual) to be blown 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to breathe out Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1390 Brown-Driver-Briggs [נָפַח] verbbreathe, blow (כור נפוח Ecclus 43:4 a furnace blown upon (heated hot); Late Hebrew נָפַחid., ᵑ7נְפַח, Syriac ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() QalPerfect3feminine singular נָָֽפְחָהJeremiah 15:9; וְנָפַ֫חְתִּיHaggai 1:9; וְנָפַחְתִּ֫יEzekiel 22:21; ImperfectוַיִּמַּחGenesis 2:7; Imperative feminine singular מְּחִיEzekiel 37:9; Infinitive(לָ)פַ֫חַתEzekiel 22:20; Perfect activeנֹפֵחַIsaiah 54:16; passiveנָפוּחַJeremiah 1:13; Job 41:12; — breathe, blow, וַיִּמַּח בְּאַמּוֺ נִשְׁמַתחַיִּיםGenesis 2:7 (J); followed by ב also Ezekiel 37:9; Isaiah 54:16 and Haggai 1:9blow into it (to scatter it); followed by עַלֿ: לָפַחַתעָלָיו אֵשׁEzekiel 22:20to blow fire upon it (ore, for melting), so figurative Ezekiel 22:21and I will blow upon you with (ב) the fire of my wrath; נַפְשָׁהּ׳נJeremiah 15:9she hath breathed out her life (of a mother, compare Hiph`il); absolute סִיר נָפוּחַJeremiah 1:13a blown (i.e. well-heated, boiling) pot, compare ׳דּוּד נJob 41:12 (simile). Pu`alPerfectאֵשׁ לֹא נֻמָּ֑חJob 20:26a fire not blown (by any human breath). So perhaps also Numbers 21:30 (reading ׳עַדנֻֿמַּח אֵשׁ וגוuntil fire was blown [hot] as far as Medeba), compare Di. Hiph`ilPerfect1singular נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ חִמָּ֑חְתִּיJob 31:39 (or if) the life of its (the land's) owners I have caused them to breathe out; וְהִמַּחְתֶּם אוֺתוֺMalachi 1:13and ye have sniffed at it (in contempt). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 5301. נָפַח (naphach) — 12 OccurrencesGenesis 2:7 Job 20:26 Job 31:39 Job 41:20 Isaiah 54:16 Jeremiah 1:13 Jeremiah 15:9 Ezekiel 22:20 Ezekiel 22:21 Ezekiel 37:9 Haggai 1:9 Malachi 1:13 |