Lexical Definition

‎נָשַׁם‎ nâsham (naw-sham') to pant ^H:V
a primitive root

destroy.

• properly, to blow away, i.e. destroy

1) to pant
1a) (Qal) to pant
1a1) of a woman in travail or labour

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: נִשְׁמָא
[‎נשׁם‎] verb pant (Late Hebrew in nouns ‎נְשִׁימָה‎, ‎נְשָׁמָה‎, ᵑ7 ‎נִשְׁמָא‎, ‎נִשְׁמְתָא‎; late Aramaic Ithpe`el; Syriac breathe, blow; Arabic gently breathe (of wind), etc.; see seek a thing with labour and perseverance (Lane³⁰³²); a soul, Lane^ib.); — pant, of the deep and strong breathing of a woman in travail; Qal Imperfect 1 singular ‎אֶשֹּׁם‎ Isa 42:14.

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