Strong's Definition
from 5395; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
KJV Usage: blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נְשָׁמָה (ne.sha.mah) — breath. 1) breath, spirit 1a) breath (of God) 1b) breath (of man) 1c) every breathing thing 1d) spirit (of man) Aramaic equivalent: nish.ma (נִשְׁמָא "breath" H5396)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · נשׁם
Blow | ≈ רוּחַ
breath = the air that is taken in and expelled through the lungs by humans and animals, which makes them live, and which distinguishes them from inanimate objects like idols; ≈ regarded as coming from God; sometimes God is depicted as a breathing being as well
GEN 2:7 · GEN 7:22 · 2SA 22:16 · 1KI 17:17 · JOB 4:9 · JOB 26:4 · JOB 27:3 · JOB 32:8 · JOB 33:4 · JOB 34:14 · JOB 37:10 · PSA 18:16 · PRO 20:27 · ISA 2:22 · ISA 30:33 · ISA 42:5 · ISA 57:16 · DAN 10:17
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נְשָׁמָה n.f. breath base