{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5397",
  "lemma": "נְשָׁמָה",
  "transliteration": "nᵉshâmâh",
  "definition": "a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal",
  "kjv": "blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.",
  "occurrences": 24,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5395",
      "lemma": "נָשַׁם",
      "transliteration": "nâsham",
      "meaning": "to blow away, i.e. destroy",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "נְשָׁמָה n.f. breath"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:7",
      "text": "The LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 7:22",
      "text": "All on the dry land, in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/7?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 20:16",
      "text": "But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/20?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 10:40",
      "text": "So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/10?v=40"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 11:11",
      "text": "They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/11?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 11:14",
      "text": "The children of Israel took all the plunder of these cities, with the livestock, as plunder for themselves; but every…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/11?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:16",
      "text": "Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the LORD’s rebuke, at the blast…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 15:29",
      "text": "As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/15?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 17:17",
      "text": "After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 2:22",
      "text": "Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/2?v=22"
    }
  ],
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