נְשָׁמָהnᵉshâmâh

Meanings

Same root

• נָשַׁםnâsham · H5395properly, to blow away, i.e. destroy
• נִשְׁמָאnishmâʼ · H5396vital breath

Where it appears

Appears 24 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
• Genesis 7:22 Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died.
• Deuteronomy 20:16 In those towns that the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession, destroy every living thing.
• Joshua 10:40 So Joshua conquered the whole region—the kings and people of the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills, and the mountain slopes. He completely destroyed everyone in the land, leaving no survivors, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.
• Joshua 11:11 The Israelites completely destroyed every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.
• Joshua 11:14 And the Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of the ravaged towns for themselves. But they killed all the people, leaving no survivors.