Lexicon :: Strong's H5397 - nᵊšāmâ

So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the Negev (South country) and the lowland and the slopes [that descend to the Dead Sea] and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

“The channels of the sea appeared,

The foundations of the world were uncovered

At the rebuke of the LORD,

At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

“By the breath of God they perish,

And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

“To whom have you uttered [these] words?

And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you?

As long as my life is within me,

And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,

“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,

And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

“The Spirit of God has made me,

And the breath of [fn]the Almighty gives me life [which inspires me].

“If God should determine to do so,

If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,

“Ice is made by the breath of God,

And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

Then the stream beds of the waters appeared,

And the foundations of the world were laid bare

At Your rebuke, O LORD,

At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the LORD!

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

The [fn]spirit (conscience) of man is the lamp of the LORD,

Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.

Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];

For why should he be esteemed?

For [fn]Topheth [in Hinnom] has long been ready;

Indeed, it has been prepared for the [Assyrian] king.

He has made it deep and wide,

A pit of fire with plenty of wood;

The breath of the LORD, like a river of brimstone (blazing sulfur), kindles and fans it.

This is what God the LORD says,

He who created the heavens and stretched them out,

Who spread out the earth and its produce,

Who gives breath to the people on it

And spirit to those who walk on it,

“For I will not contend forever,

Nor will I always be angry;

For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,

And the breath of those whom I have created.