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title: נָשַׁב — blow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשַׁב (5380), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: blow. BDB 1906: vb. blow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשַׁב

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«נָשַׁב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **blow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 5380 · **BDB:** נָשַׁב

### Glosses

he.drove.away (1); he.makes.blow (1); it.blows (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

blow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5380/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. blow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5380/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. blow (NH = BH; 𝔗 נְשַׁב (but also נְתַב), Syriac ܢܫܰܒ, all blow; ‖ form of נָשַׁף);— Pf. 3 fs. רוּחַ י׳ נָֽשְׁבָה בּוֹ Is 40:7 the breath of י׳ has blown upon it. Impf. 3 ms. יַשֵּׁב רוּחַ ψ 147:18 he causes his wind to blow; וַיַּשֵּׁב אֹתָם Gn 15:11 and he drove them away (perhaps orig. blow away, drive away by blowing, or by a sound like blowing).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָשַׁב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5380/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 147:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.18/)

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יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּבָר֣וֹ וְיַמְסֵ֑ם יַשֵּׁ֥ב ר֝וּח֗וֹ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* he.sends word his and he melts.them he.makes.blow wind his they.flow waters

*JPS 1917:* He sendeth forth His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

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[Genesis 15:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.11/)

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וַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב אֹתָ֖ם אַבְרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.came.down the.bird\[s\] of.prey on the carcasses and he.drove.away them Abram

*JPS 1917:* And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

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