Original Word: נָפַח
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: naphach
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-fakh')
Short Definition: blow [] ( Ecclus 43:4 a furnace blown upon (heated hot); Late Hebrew id., , Syriac 👁 Image
; Assyrian napâ—u, inflame, nappa—u, smith Dl^{HWB 474}; Arabic (👁 Image
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blow; Ethiopic 👁 Image
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Di⁷¹²); —

Perfect3feminine singular Jeremiah 15:9; Haggai 1:9; Ezekiel 22:21; Imperfect Genesis 2:7; Imperative feminine singular Ezekiel 37:9; Infinitive Ezekiel 22:20; Perfect active Isaiah 54:16; passive Jeremiah 1:13; Job 41:12; — breathe, blow, Genesis 2:7 (J); followed by also Ezekiel 37:9; Isaiah 54:16 and Haggai 1:9 blow into it (to scatter it); followed by : Ezekiel 22:20 to blow fire upon it (ore, for melting), so figurative Ezekiel 22:21 and I will blow upon you with () the fire of my wrath; Jeremiah 15:9 she hath breathed out her life (of a mother, compare

); absolute Jeremiah 1:13 a blown (i.e. well-heated, boiling) pot, compare Job 41:12 (simile).

Perfect Job 20:26 a fire not blown (by any human breath). So perhaps also Numbers 21:30 (reading until fire was blown [hot] as far as Medeba), compare Di.

Perfect1singular Job 31:39 (or if) the life of its (the land's) owners I have caused them to breathe out; Malachi 1:13 and 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

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.

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 ground and breathed his nostrils the breath

Job 20:26
HEB: אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־ נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד
NAS: for his treasures, And unfanned fire
KJV: a fire not blown shall consume
INT: fire not and unfanned ill the survivor

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

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

Isaiah 54:16
HEB: בָּרָ֣אתִי חָרָ֔שׁ נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם
NAS: the smith who blows the fire
KJV: the smith that bloweth the coals
INT: have created the smith blows the fire of coals

Jeremiah 1:13
HEB: וָאֹמַ֗ר סִ֤יר נָפ֙וּחַ֙ אֲנִ֣י רֹאֶ֔ה
NAS: I see a boiling pot,
KJV: I see a seething pot;
INT: saying pot A 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 seven her breathing the ghost abide

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

Ezekiel 22:21
HEB: וְכִנַּסְתִּ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּאֵ֣שׁ
NAS: I will gather you and blow on you with the fire
KJV: Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire
INT: will gather and 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 breath and 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 home blow Because Why

Malachi 1:13
HEB: הִנֵּ֨ה מַתְּלָאָ֜ה וְהִפַּחְתֶּ֣ם אוֹת֗וֹ אָמַר֙
NAS: tiresome it 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 weariness disdainfully says the LORD

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