nafach · blow, breathe

What it means

nafach (נָפַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “blow, breathe”.

Into; also blow on a fire.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To puff air, as God gave life to man.
2. To give up the last breath and die.
3. To snort to show that something seems of little worth or annoying.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• blow ×2
• blown ×2
• breathe ×2
• breathed ×2
• I blew ×1
• boiling ×1
• who blows ×1
• you snort ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Job×3
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×3
• Haggai×1
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 2:7

  And YHWH Elohim formed the man from dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.

• Job 20:26

  All darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not blown will devour him; it will go ill with the survivor in his tent.

• Job 31:39

  if its strength I have eaten without silver, and made the soul of its owners breathe its last,

• Job 41:20

  From its nostrils comes out smoke, as from a pot blown on and rushes.

• Isaiah 54:16

  Look, I have created the craftsman who blows the coals in the fire and brings out a tool for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ruin.

• Jeremiah 1:13

  And the word of YHWH came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “A pot boiling I see, and its face is from the north.”

• Jeremiah 15:9

  She who bore seven languishes; she has breathed out her soul; her sun has gone down while it was still day; she has been put to shame and abashed. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares YHWH.”

• Ezekiel 22:20

  As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow fire on it to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will leave you and melt you.

• Ezekiel 22:21

  And I will collect you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in its midst.

• Ezekiel 37:9

  And he said to me, “Prophesy to the spirit; prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: From the four winds come, spirit, and breathe on these slain, and let them live.’”

• Haggai 1:9

  You looked for much, and look, it came to little; and you brought it home, and I blew on it. Why? declares YHWH Tsevaot. Because of my house, which lies desolate, while you run, each to his own house.

• Malachi 1:13

  And you say, “Look, what a hardship!” and you snort at it, says YHWH Tsevaot; and you bring what was stolen, and the lame and the sick, and you bring the offering: shall I accept it from your hand? says YHWH.