Strong’s definition
a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
KJV gloss list in the source
blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
Source pronunciation notation: nesh-aw-maw'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H5395 (נָשַׁם);
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