The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

נְפֶשׁ נַפְשָׁא‏ n.f. soul; life; self

soul Com. as the life force Com. npš ḥyh : living soul, creature JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. mind Com.

living person Com. self; as a reflexive pronoun OA, OfA^Eg, OfA^Per, Qumran, Gal, Syr, JBA, Man. לנפשה‏ : for himself (as a transfer of property) OfA^Eg, OfA^Per. w. רעי‏, רעו‏ JLAtg, JBA, JBAg.

throat, breath Qumran, Syr. appetite (a calque of BIblical Hebrew ?) JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. gullet JLAtg, Syr.

funerary monument or memorial OA^Zenj, OfA^West, Palmyrene, Nabatean, Hatran, JLAtg, Gal, JPAEpig, Sam, Syr. to assassinate JLAtg.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 355b; DJBA: 770a; Jastrow: 927; Levy Ch-W: 2:122; Tal Sam: 538; DNWSI: 744ff; DJA: 66a; Cook,Qumran: 159;

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Derivatives:

npš vb. a(i)/u to breathe; to be extensive

npyš (np̄īš) adj. substantial; refreshed

npyš, npyšˀ (npˀšˀ) (nəp̄ēš, nəp̄ēšā) n.m. #2 space; relief; breathing