נָפַח nâphach — to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire
Translated in the KJV as blow, breath, give up, cause to lose, seething, snuff.
a primitive root; to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem).
nâphach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (passive) 2Perfect (qatal) 2Wayyiqtol 1Participle (active) 1Infinitive construct 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Imperative 1
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.
Pu'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›