[נשׁם] verb pant (Late Hebrew in nouns נְשִׁימָה, נְשָׁמָה, ᵑ7 נִשְׁמָא, נִשְׁמְתָא; late Aramaic Ithpe`el; Syriac breathe, blow; Arabic gently breathe (of wind), etc.; see seek a thing with labour and perseverance (Lane³⁰³²); a soul, Lane^ib.); — pant, of the deep and strong breathing of a woman in travail;

Qal Imperfect1singular אֶשֹּׁם Isaiah 42:14.

[נִשְׁמָה] noun feminine breath (see Biblical Hebrew, √ נשׁם); — suffix נִשְׁמְתָח Daniel 5:23, i.e. breath of life.