Hebrew word · H5380

נָשַׁב

vaiyashev

to blow

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) to blow

1a) (Qal) to blow

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to cause to blow

1b2) to disperse, to drive away

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 15:11 וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב and he drove away

    And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

Psalms · 1

  1. Psalm 147:18 יַשֵּׁ֥ב he makes blow

    He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.

    Here: A rare verb in a form meaning 'cause to blow'. God sets the wind moving, and it stands in the same position in its line as 'sends' does in the first.

Isaiah · 1

  1. Isaiah 40:7 נָ֣שְׁבָה it blows

    The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

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