Word Study · Strong's H5396 · Hebrew

נִשְׁמָא

nishma

nish-maw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: nishmâʼ

“vital breath”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

vital breath

Rendered in the KJV as

breath.

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occurrencein the Old Testament
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inflected formdistinct spellings

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The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

נִשְׁמְתָ֥ךְ1

How it is rendered · 1

breath your1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1

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Daniel1 occurrence

Daniel 5:23נִשְׁמְתָ֥ךְnishmetakhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularInstead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.here: breath your

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