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נִשְׁמָה נִשְׁמְתָּא   n.f.  breath; soul


  breath, breathing, exhaling  Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA.

  soul, life force  Com. living being  JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. w. נפק‏: to die  Gal, PTA, JBA, LJLA.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 350b; DJBA: 753b; Jastrow: 941; Levy Ch-W: 2:131; Tal Sam: 552; Cook,Qumran: 161;

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