I enjoyed the read, since it appears your are quite knowledgable in translations of words help me to understand the word breath and how it was used, for in my mind I view a breath as plural and breaths as multiple
Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
From what I know...
Breath = Ruach (Heb.), understood as - and also translated several places to mean - spirit and/or wind. As far as the Hebrew concept, everything is real not ethereal (like with Greco-Roman thought). So Ruach is considered "the unseen force that moves or acts upon an object", hence its relationship to wind.
Ezekiel 37:9 (kjv)
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the
wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the
wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four
winds, O
breath, and breathe [naphash = blow] upon these slain, that they may live.
Each of the bold words above are "Ruach".
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If we move onto the new testament we see this same relationship even though Greek words are used:
John 20:22
And when he had said this, he
breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
Breath = Spirit
John 3:5-8
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going.
So it is with everyone born of the Spirit
Breath = Ruach = Wind = Spirit.
So we can see that Psalm 33:6 perfectly matches the events of the genesis 1:2:
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit [Ruach = wind = breath] of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Psalm 33:6
By the
word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the
breath [Ruach = Wind = Spirit] of his mouth.
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If we go further, scripture also says Christ is the Word of Yah and that the world was made by him. Well what's carried on the breath of a person? Their words.
John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing:
the words that I speak unto you,
they are spirit, and they are life.
Where is the breath and words of a person contained? In their bosom.
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is
in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.