נָפַח
nâphach · naw-fakh'
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)
- to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire
- figuratively, to disesteem)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word › to separate and protect
The seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָפַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and breathed1 · 8%
- not blown1 · 8%
- thereof to lose1 · 8%
- as out of a seething1 · 8%
- that bloweth1 · 8%
- a seething1 · 8%
- she hath given up1 · 8%
- to blow1 · 8%
- you, and blow1 · 8%
- and breathe1 · 8%
- i did blow1 · 8%
- is it! and ye have snuffed1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.