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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נָפַח H5301
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 boiling 1× Jeremiah 1:13
and blow 1× Ezekiel 22:21
and breathe 1× Ezekiel 37:9
and breathed 1× Genesis 2:7
And you turn up your nose at 1× Malachi 1:13
as from a boiling 1× Job 41:20
blast 1× Ezekiel 22:20
I blew away 1× Haggai 1:9
she will breathe 1× Jeremiah 15:9
who fans 1× Isaiah 54:16
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:7 וַיִּפַּ֥ח to and breathed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Job 20:26 נֻפָּ֑ח to . . . Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular Job 31:39 הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ to . . . Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Job 41:20 נָפ֣וּחַ to as from a boiling Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Isaiah 54:16 נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ to who fans Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Jeremiah 1:13 נָפ֙וּחַ֙ to a boiling Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Jeremiah 15:9 נָפְחָ֥ה to she will breathe Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Ezekiel 22:20 לָפַֽחַת־ to blast Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Ezekiel 22:21 וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י to and blow Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Ezekiel 37:9 וּפְחִ֛י to and breathe Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 2:7
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 7
Genesis 1 Job 3 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 2 Ezekiel 3 Haggai 1 Malachi 1
Source forms
הִפָּֽחְתִּי׃ 1x hip·pā·ḥə·tî Job 31:39
וְהִפַּחְתֶּ֣ם 1x wə·hip·paḥ·tem Malachi 1:13
וַיִּפַּ֥ח 1x way·yip·paḥ Genesis 2:7
וְנָפַחְתִּ֥י 1x wə·nā·p̄aḥ·tî Ezekiel 22:21
וְנָפַ֣חְתִּי 1x wə·nā·p̄aḥ·tî Haggai 1:9
וּפְחִ֛י 1x ū·p̄ə·ḥî Ezekiel 37:9
לָפַֽחַת־ 1x lā·p̄a·ḥaṯ- Ezekiel 22:20
נָפ֣וּחַ 1x nā·p̄ū·aḥ Job 41:20
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 2x Ezekiel 22:21, Haggai 1:9
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular 2x Job 41:20, Jeremiah 1:13
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural 1x Malachi 1:13
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Genesis 2:7
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular 1x Ezekiel 37:9
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct 1x Ezekiel 22:20
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular 1x Job 31:39
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular 1x Job 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 definition Source: 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.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 6
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 4×
Participle passive Jer 1:13 · Job 41:12 2×
Participle active Isa 54:16 1×
Perfect Jer 15:9 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Perfect Job 20:26 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Perfect Job 31:39 1×
Word Origins
נָפַח is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain