נְשָׁמָה (nĕšāmâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning breath. It appears
24 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5397).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1433a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1433a)breath; puff, wind, angry, vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect, animal; blast, inspiration, soul, spirit
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נְשָׁמָהnoun, feminine: breath
Strong's H5397נְשָׁמָה: a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal KJV:blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1433: נָשַׁםnāšam — pant; blow, destroy