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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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נִשְׁמָה

Strong’s: A5396

Associated OET lemmas: נִשְׁמָה

Other spellings: נִשְׁמָא

Authors: Enio R. Mueller

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Sense 1: breath

Semantic domains: Blow (002002001002)

Core domains: Human (082); Animal (010); Life and Death (099)

Definition: = the air that is taken in and expelled through the lungs by humans and animals, which makes them live, and which distinguishes them from inanimate objects like idols; ≈ regarded as coming from God