נָשַׁב
nashav · drive away; blow
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5380 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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nashav (נָשַׁב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drive away; blow”.
Drive away, scare off; also blow.
How to say it
na·shav
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
- To send air forcefully, like the wind.
- To make birds fly off.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- blows ×1
- drove them away ×1
- he makes blow ×1
Where it appears
- Genesis 15:11
The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
- Psalms 147:18
He sends his word and melts them; he makes his wind blow; the waters stream.
- Isaiah 40:7
The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of YHWH blows on it; surely the people is grass.