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ṣpwḥ (ṣippūḥ) v.n.D onslaught
+ נפשׁ : wantonness (??), mortal onslaught (??)
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TgJ Ez25:6↗ וַחדִיתָא בְכָל נִיפוּח”צִיפוּחַ" נְפַש עַל אַרעָא דְיִשרָאֵל‏ ; TgJ Ez25:15↗ חֲלָף דַעֲבַדוּ פְלִשתָאֵי בִדבָבוּ וְאִתפְרַעוּ פוֹרעָנוּ בְצִיפוּח נְפַש‏ ; TgJ Ez36:5↗ text not cited : †
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Always for MT שְׁאָט נֶפֶשׁ, an expression that was not clearly understood in antiquity, as demonstrated both by the LXX on the three passages and the targumic variant. All lexicographers have recourse to the more common use of this root in Syriac, but clarity has not been achieved.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 1278Levy Ch-W: 2:334

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