napištum

From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“life, breath”). Cognate with Arabic نَفْس (nafs) and Biblical Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (nɛ́p̄ɛš).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /naˈpiʃ.tum/
• (Old Assyrian) IPA^(key): /naˈpis.tum/

napištum f (construct state napišti or napšat, pronominal state napišta, plural napšātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. throat

   Synonyms: kišādum, ḫurḫudum

2. life, vigour, good health, livelihood
3. self, body, person, somebody
4. personnel

• napištu (non-mimated)
• napšatum, napšatu
• napuštu, napultu (Middle Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Nuzi)
• napaštum, napaštu (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)

• “napištu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980