Biblical Hebrew H5397 noun feminine 24 occurrences

נְשָׁמָה

Transliteration: nesama (nǝšāmâ)

Pronunciation: /nesh-aw-MAW/

“breath, spirit, living being”

Breath, vital breath of God, spirit; divine life-principle imparted to humanity conferring moral responsibility and rational consciousness.

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From נָשַׁם (H5395) to pant, breathe.

breathspiritsoul

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: נְשָׁמָה (breath, spirit, living being) -> πνεῦμα (wind, breath, the spirit)

LXX conceptual translation: נְשָׁמָה (breath, spirit, living being) -> G4157

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G4151 πνεῦμα (pneuma — “wind, breath, the spirit”)

Foundational passages where נְשָׁמָה (nesama) carries significant theological or narrative weight.