Blast

Blast

as a noun (in the sense of current of air), is the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of נֵשָׁמָה , Neshamah' ( 2 Samuel 22:16;  Psalms 18:15), "breath," as elsewhere, or of רוּחִ , Ru'Ach ( Exodus 15:6;  Joshua 6:5;  2 Kings 19:7;  Job 4:9;  Isaiah 25:4;  Isaiah 37:7), " wind" or "spirit," as elsewhere; as a verb, etc. (in the sense of blighting), it represents the Heb. roots שָׁדִ , shadaph', or שָׁדִם , Shadam', always spoken of the blasting of crops ( Deuteronomy 28:22;  1 Kings 8:37;  2 Chronicles 6:28;  Amos 4:9;  Haggai 2:17), especially of grain ( Genesis 41:6;  Genesis 41:23;  Genesis 41:27), often sudden ( 2 Kings 19:26;  Isaiah 37:27), apparently by a hot wind (Hackett, Illustra. Of Script. p. 135).