N-SH-M-A – ‘(upper) astral impulse’

This is the verb שמוה, whose root שם expresses that which is exalted, employed according to the enunciative form, passive movement, as continued facultative, feminine construction. (The Hebraic Tongue Restored, Fabré d’Olivet, p. 75)

5395. asham, naw-sham´; a primitive root; properly, to blow away, i.e. destroy:—destroy.

5397. nshamah, nesh-aw-maw´; from 5395; a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect, or (concretely) an animal:—blast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.