Lexicon :: Strong's H5397 - nᵊšāmâ

Then the LORD God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils ​— ​everything on dry land died.

“However, you must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

So Joshua conquered the whole region ​— ​the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills,[fn] and the slopes ​— ​with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying them; he left no one alive. Then he burned Hazor.

The Israelites plundered all the spoils and cattle of these cities for themselves. But they struck down every person with the sword until they had annihilated them, leaving no one alive.

The depths of the sea became visible,

the foundations of the world were exposed

at the rebuke of the LORD,

at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

When Baasha became king, he struck down the entire house of Jeroboam. He did not leave Jeroboam any survivors but[fn] destroyed his family according to the word of the LORD he had spoken through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness got worse until he stopped breathing.

They perish at a single blast from God

and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.

With whom did you speak these words?

Whose breath came out of your mouth?

as long as my breath is still in me

and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,

But it is the spirit in a person—

the breath from the Almighty—

that gives anyone understanding.

The Spirit of God has made me,

and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

If he put his mind to it

and withdrew the spirit and breath he gave,

Ice is formed by the breath of God,

and watery expanses are frozen.

The depths of the sea became visible,

the foundations of the world were exposed,

at your rebuke, LORD,

at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

Let everything that breathes praise the LORD.

Hallelujah!

The LORD’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,[fn]

searching the innermost parts.[fn]

Put no more trust in a mere human,

who has only the breath in his nostrils.

What is he really worth?

Indeed! Topheth has been ready

for the king for a long time.

Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,

with plenty of fire and wood.

The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur,

kindles it.

This is what God, the LORD, says —

who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

who gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk on it —

“For I will not accuse you forever,

and I will not always be angry;

for then the spirit would grow weak before me,

even the breath, which I have made.

“How can someone like me, your servant,[fn] speak with someone like you, my lord? Now I have no strength, and there is no breath in me.”