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np$ noun sg. emphatic
1 soul Com.
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--(a) as the life force Com.
(a.1) npš ḥyh : living soul, creature JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
(a.2) ܕܢܦܫ : ensouled, living Syr.
--(b) mind Com.
(b.1) as the inner self OfA-Egypt.
(b.2) as the seat of intelligence and culture Syr, LJLA.
2 living person Com.
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--(a) self .
(a.1) self; as a reflexive pronoun OA, OfA-Egypt, Qum, Gal, Syr, JBA, Man.
1 דנפשׁ- : one's own property JBA.
2 לנפשׁה : for himself (as a transfer of property) OfA-Egypt, OfA-Pers.
3 mn npšh : of one's/its own accord Syr, Man.
4 w. רעי, רעו JLAtg, JBA, JBAg.
5 לות נפשׁה הוי : to come to, have one consciousness restored Syr.
--(b) body (?) JBA.
3 throat, breath Qum, Syr.
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--(a) appetite (a calque of BIblical Hebrew ?) JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.
(a.1) gullet JLAtg, Syr.
(a.2) צפר נפש : Adam's apple (??) < Mishnaic Hebrew JPAEpig.
4 funerary monument or memorial OA, OfA-West, Palm, Nab, Hat, JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, Sam, Syr.
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--(a) funeral pyre Syr.
5 in idiomatic expressions .
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--(a) to assassinate JLAtg.
