What does נָפַח mean in the Bible?
נָפַח is a Hebrew word meaning "to puff , in various applications (literally, to inflate , blow hard , scatter , kindle , expire ; figuratively, to disesteem )".
Hebrew · H5301
נָפַח
To puff , in various applications (literally, to inflate , blow hard , scatter , kindle , expire ; figuratively, to disesteem )
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נָפַחH5301
What does נָפַח mean in the Bible?
נָפַח is a Hebrew word meaning "to puff , in various applications (literally, to inflate , blow hard , scatter , kindle , expire ; figuratively, to disesteem )".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5301?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (2), a boiling (1), and blow (1), and breathe (1), and breathed (1).
Where does נָפַח appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (3), Job (3), Jeremiah (2), Genesis (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It. . .2×Job 20:26, Job 31:39
a boiling1×Jeremiah 1:13
and blow1×Ezekiel 22:21
and breathe1×Ezekiel 37:9
and breathed1×Genesis 2:7
And you turn up your nose at1×Malachi 1:13
as from a boiling1×Job 41:20
blast1×Ezekiel 22:20
I blew away1×Haggai 1:9
she will breathe1×Jeremiah 15:9
who fans1×Isaiah 54:16
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:7וַיִּפַּ֥חtoand breathedConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularJob 20:26נֻפָּ֑חto. . .Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singularJob 31:39הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃to. . .Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singularJob 41:20נָפ֣וּחַtoas from a boilingVerb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularIsaiah 54:16נֹפֵ֙חַ֙towho fansVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularJeremiah 1:13נָפ֙וּחַ֙toa boilingVerb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularJeremiah 15:9נָפְחָ֥הtoshe will breatheVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singularEzekiel 22:20לָפַֽחַת־toblastPreposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructEzekiel 22:21וְנָפַחְתִּ֥יtoand blowConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularEzekiel 37:9וּפְחִ֛יtoand breatheConjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 2:7
Aligned rows12
Books represented7
Genesis1Job3Isaiah1Jeremiah2Ezekiel3Haggai1Malachi1
Source forms
הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃1xhip·pā·ḥə·tîJob 31:39
וְהִפַּחְתֶּ֣ם1xwə·hip·paḥ·temMalachi 1:13
וַיִּפַּ֥ח1xway·yip·paḥGenesis 2:7
וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י1xwə·nā·p̄aḥ·tîEzekiel 22:21
וְנָפַ֣חְתִּי1xwə·nā·p̄aḥ·tîHaggai 1:9
וּפְחִ֛י1xū·p̄ə·ḥîEzekiel 37:9
לָפַֽחַת־1xlā·p̄a·ḥaṯ-Ezekiel 22:20
נָפ֣וּחַ1xnā·p̄ū·aḥJob 41:20
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular2xEzekiel 22:21, Haggai 1:9
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular2xJob 41:20, Jeremiah 1:13
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural1xMalachi 1:13
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular1xGenesis 2:7
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular1xEzekiel 37:9
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct1xEzekiel 22:20
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular1xJob 31:39
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular1xJob 20:26
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to puff , in various applications (literally, to inflate , blow hard , scatter , kindle , expire ; figuratively, to disesteem )
Source Gloss
to puff , in various applications (literally, to inflate , blow hard , scatter , kindle , expire ; figuratively, to disesteem )
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem) BDB: breathe Usage: blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
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Form groups3Aligned forms6
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense4×
Participle passiveJer 1:13 · Job 41:122×
Participle activeIsa 54:161×
PerfectJer 15:91×
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject1×
PerfectJob 20:261×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action1×
PerfectJob 31:391×
Word Origins
נָפַח is a primitive root - no further derivation.