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Original Word:נָפַח
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:naphach
Pronunciation:naw-fakh'
Phonetic Spelling:(naw-fakh')
Definition:To blow, breathe, give up, kindle
Meaning:to puff

Word Origin:A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G4154 (pneo): To blow, breathe

-G4157 (pneuma): Spirit, wind, breath

Usage:The Hebrew verb "naphach" primarily means to blow or breathe. It is used in various contexts, including the act of breathing life into something, blowing air, or kindling a fire. The term conveys the idea of imparting energy or life through breath or wind.

Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Hebrew culture, breath was often associated with life and spirit. The act of breathing was seen as a divine action, as breath was considered the life force given by God. This understanding is rooted in the creation narrative, where God breathes life into Adam. The concept of breath as life is prevalent in many ancient Near Eastern cultures, where the breath of deities was believed to animate and sustain life.

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to breathe, blow
NASB Translation
blow (3), blows (1), boiling (2), breathe (1), breathed (1), breathing is labored* (1), disdainfully sniff (1), lose (1), unfanned (1).

[] ( Ecclus 43:4a furnace blown upon (heated hot); Late Hebrewid., , Syriac; Assyriannapâ—u,inflame,nappa—u,smith Dl^{HWB 474}; Arabic ( and)blow; Ethiopic or Di⁷¹²); —

Perfect3feminine singularJeremiah 15:9;Haggai 1:9;Ezekiel 22:21;ImperfectGenesis 2:7;Imperative feminine singularEzekiel 37:9;InfinitiveEzekiel 22:20;Perfect activeIsaiah 54:16;passiveJeremiah 1:13;Job 41:12; —breathe, blow,Genesis 2:7 (J); followed by alsoEzekiel 37:9;Isaiah 54:16 andHaggai 1:9blow into it (to scatter it); followed by :Ezekiel 22:20to blow fire upon it (ore, for melting), so figurativeEzekiel 22:21and I will blow upon you with ()the fire of my wrath;Jeremiah 15:9she hath breathed out her life (of a mother, compare

); absoluteJeremiah 1:13a blown (i.e. well-heated, boiling)pot, compareJob 41:12 (simile).

PerfectJob 20:26a fire not blown (by any human breath). So perhaps alsoNumbers 21:30 (readinguntil fire was blown [hot] as far as Medeba), compare Di.

Perfect1singularJob 31:39 (or if)the life of its (the land's)owners I have caused them to breathe out;Malachi 1:13and ye have sniffed at it (in contempt).

blow, breath, give up, cause to lose life, seething, snuff

A primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem) -- blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.

הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ הפחתי׃ וְהִפַּחְתֶּ֣ם וְנָפַ֣חְתִּי וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י וַיִּפַּ֥ח וּפְחִ֛י והפחתם ויפח ונפחתי ופחי לָפַֽחַת־ לפחת־ נָפ֙וּחַ֙ נָפ֣וּחַ נָפְחָ֥ה נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ נֻפָּ֑ח נפוח נפח נפחה hip·pā·ḥə·tî hipPacheti hippāḥətî lā·p̄a·ḥaṯ- lafachat lāp̄aḥaṯ- nā·p̄ə·ḥāh nā·p̄ū·aḥ nafeChah naFuach nāp̄əḥāh nāp̄ūaḥ nō·p̄ê·aḥ noFeach nōp̄êaḥ nup·pāḥ nupPach nuppāḥ ū·p̄ə·ḥî ufeChi ūp̄əḥî vaiyipPach vehippachTem venafachTi way·yip·paḥ wayyippaḥ wə·hip·paḥ·tem wə·nā·p̄aḥ·tî wəhippaḥtem wənāp̄aḥtîInterlinear Greek •Interlinear Hebrew •Strong's Numbers •Englishman's Greek Concordance •Englishman's Hebrew Concordance •Parallel Texts

Genesis 2:7
HEB:מִן־ הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת
NAS: from the ground,and breathed into his nostrils
KJV: the ground,and breathed into his nostrils
INT: of the groundand breathed his nostrils the breath

Job 20:26
HEB:אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־ נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד
NAS: for his treasures,And unfanned fire
KJV: a firenot blown shall consume
INT: fire notand unfanned ill the survivor

Job 31:39
HEB:וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלֶ֣יהָ הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃
NAS: Or have caused its ownersto lose their lives,
KJV: or have caused the ownersthereof to lose their life:
INT: their lives ownersto lose

Job 41:20
HEB:עָשָׁ֑ן כְּד֖וּד נָפ֣וּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃
NAS: goes forthAs [from] a boiling pot
KJV: smoke,as [out] of a seething pot
INT: smoke potAs a boiling and rushes

Isaiah 54:16
HEB:בָּרָ֣אתִי חָרָ֔שׁ נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם
NAS: the smithwho blows the fire
KJV: the smiththat bloweth the coals
INT: have created the smithblows the fire of coals

Jeremiah 1:13
HEB:וָאֹמַ֗ר סִ֤יר נָפ֙וּחַ֙ אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֔ה
NAS: I seea boiling pot,
KJV: I seea seething pot;
INT: saying potA boiling I see

Jeremiah 15:9
HEB:יֹלֶ֣דֶת הַשִּׁבְעָ֗ה נָפְחָ֥ה נַפְשָׁ֛הּ [בָּאָה
NAS: [sons] pines away;Her breathing is labored. Her sun
KJV: languisheth:she hath given up the ghost;
INT: bore sevenher breathing the ghost abide

Ezekiel 22:20
HEB:תּ֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר לָפַֽחַת־ עָלָ֥יו אֵ֖שׁ
NAS: into the furnaceto blow fire
KJV: of the furnace,to blow the fire
INT: the midst the furnaceto blow and fire

Ezekiel 22:21
HEB:וְכִנַּסְתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּאֵ֣שׁ
NAS: I will gatheryou and blow on you with the fire
KJV: Yea, I will gatheryou, and blow upon you in the fire
INT: will gatherand blow on the fire

Ezekiel 37:9
HEB:בֹּ֣אִי הָר֔וּחַ וּפְחִ֛י בַּהֲרוּגִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה
NAS: O breath,and breathe on these
KJV: O breath,and breathe upon these slain,
INT: Come breathand breathe slain these

Haggai 1:9
HEB:וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם הַבַּ֖יִת וְנָפַ֣חְתִּי ב֑וֹ יַ֣עַן
NAS: [it] home,I blow it [away]. Why?
KJV: [it] home,I did blow upon it. Why? saith
INT: bring homeblow Because Why

Malachi 1:13
HEB:הִנֵּ֨ה מַתְּלָאָ֜ה וְהִפַּחְתֶּ֣ם אוֹת֗וֹ אָמַר֙
NAS: tiresomeit is!' And you disdainfully sniff at it, says
KJV: also, Behold, what a weariness[is it]! and ye have snuffed at it, saith
INT: behold A wearinessdisdainfully says the LORD

12 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5301
12 Occurrences

hip·pā·ḥə·tî — 1 Occ.
lā·p̄a·ḥaṯ- — 1 Occ.
nā·p̄ə·ḥāh — 1 Occ.
nā·p̄ū·aḥ — 2 Occ.
nō·p̄ê·aḥ — 1 Occ.
nup·pāḥ — 1 Occ.
ū·p̄ə·ḥî — 1 Occ.
way·yip·paḥ — 1 Occ.
wə·hip·paḥ·tem — 1 Occ.
wə·nā·p̄aḥ·tî — 2 Occ.