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H5395

נָשַׁם

na.shamH:V

to pant

1) to pant 1a) (Qal) to pant 1a1) of a woman in travail or labour

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[נשׁם] verb pant (Late Hebrew in nouns נְשִׁימָה, נְשָׁמָה, ᵑ7 נִשְׁמָא, נִשְׁמְתָא; late Aramaic Ithpe`el; Syriac breathe, blow; Arabic gently breathe (of wind), etc.; see seek a thing with labour and perseverance (Lane3032); a soul, Laneib.); — pant, of the deep and strong breathing of a woman in travail; Qal Imperfect 1 singular אֶשֹּׁם Isa 42:14.

[נִשְׁמָה] noun feminine breath (see Biblical Hebrew, √ נשׁם); — suffix נִשְׁמְתָח Dan 5:23, i.e. breath of life.

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