Blast

( נשׁמה , neshāmāh , רוּח , rūaḥ ):

(1) The blowing of the breath of Yahweh, expressive of the manifestation of God's power in Nature and Providence. "With the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up" ( Exodus 15:8 ), referring to the east wind ( Exodus 14:21; compare 2 Samuel 22:16 and Psalm 18:15 ). "I will send a blast upon him" ( 2 Kings 19:7 the King James Version; the Revised Version (British and American) "put a spirit in him," i.e. "an impulse of fear" (Dummelow in the place cited.); compare Isaiah 37:7 ). "By the blast of his anger are they consumed" ( Job 4:9; compare Isaiah 37:36 ).

(2) The word rūaḥ is used with reference to the tyranny and violence of the wicked ( Isaiah 25:4 ).

(3) The blowing of a wind instrument: "When they make a long blast with the ram's horn" ( Joshua 6:5 ).