BDB5288 [H5301]

[נָפַח] verb breathe, blow (כור נפוח Eccl 43:4 a furnace blown upon (heated hot); Late Hebrew נָפַח id., ᵑ7 נְפַח, Syriac ; Assyrian napâ—u, inflame, nappa—u, smith DlHWB 474; Arabic ( and) blow; Ethiopic or Di712); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular נָָֽפְחָה Jer 15:9 וְנָפַ֫חְתִּי Hag 1:9 וְנָפַחְתִּ֫י Ezek 22:21 Imperfect וַיִּפַּח Gen 2:7 Imperative feminine singular פְּחִי Ezek 37:9 Infinitive (לָ)פַ֫חַת Ezek 22:20 Perfect active נֹפֵחַ Isa 54:16 passive נָפוּחַ Jer 1:13; Job 41:12breathe, blow, וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפּוֺ נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים Gen 2:7 (J); followed by ב also Ezek 37:9; Isa 54:16 and Hag 1:9 blow into it (to scatter it); followed by עַלֿ: לָפַחַת עָלָיו אֵשׁ Ezek 22:20 to blow fire upon it (ore, for melting), so figurative Ezek 22:21 and I will blow upon you with (ב) the fire of my wrath; נַפְשָׁהּ ׳נ Jer 15:9 she hath breathed out her life (of a mother, compare Hiph`il); absolute סִיר נָפוּחַ Jer 1:13 a blown (i.e. well-heated, boiling) pot, compare ׳דּוּד נ Job 41:12 (simile). Pu`al Perfect אֵשׁ לֹא נֻפָּ֑ח Job 20:26 a fire not blown (by any human breath). So perhaps also Num 21:30 (reading ׳עַדנֻֿפַּח אֵשׁ וגו until fire was blown [hot] as far as Medeba), compare Di. Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלֶיהָ חִפָּ֑חְתִּי Job 31:39 (or if) the life of its (the land's) owners I have caused them to breathe out; וְהִפַּחְתֶּם אוֺתוֺ Mal 1:13 and ye have sniffed at it (in contempt).


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