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title: נָשַׁם — pant · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָשַׁם (5395), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: pant. BDB 1906: vb. pant. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָשַׁם

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«נָשַׁם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pant** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5395 · **BDB:** נשׁם

### Glosses

I.puff (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5395/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5395/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pant (NH in nn. נְשִׁימָה, נְשָׁמָה, 𝔗 נִשְׁמָא, נִשְׁמְתָא; late Aramaic Ithpe.; Syriac ܢܫܰܡ breathe, blow; Arabic نَسَمَ gently breathe (of wind), etc.; v. seek a thing with labour and perseverance (Lane 3032); نَسَمَةٌ a soul, Lane ib.);—pant, of the deep and strong breathing of a woman in travail; Impf. 1 s. אֶשֹּׁם Is 42:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָשַׁם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5395/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.14/)

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הֶחֱשֵׁ֙יתִי֙ מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם אַחֲרִ֖ישׁ אֶתְאַפָּ֑ק כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֣ה אֶפְעֶ֔ה אֶשֹּׁ֥ם וְאֶשְׁאַ֖ף יָֽחַד׃

*Word for word:* I.have.been.silent from a.long.time I.have.kept.silent I.have.restrained.myself like.(the) \[woman who\].gives.birth I.groan I.puff and I.pant together

*JPS 1917:* I have long time held My peace, I have been still, and refrained Myself; now will I cry like a travailing woman, gasping and panting at once.

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