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l_ p03
l_ prep. to, for

  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.


np$ noun pl. emphatic
npš, npšˀ (np̄eš, nap̄šā) n.f. soul; life; self
Pl. nap̄šān, nap̄šāṯā. The postvocalic sequence /pš/ in this common word resulted in many phonetic variations: In OA (and even in late western Syriac: see BHGr2 205:7), nbš, in Palm. also nm$; in East Syr. pronounced /nawšā/ along with other common words with syllable-ending spirantized peh.
Sam. also נפס .

  1 soul Com. --(a) as the life force Com. (a.1) np$ xyh : living soul, creature Syr. --(b) mind Com. (b.1) as the inner self OfA-Egypt. (b.2) as the seat of intelligence and culture Syr.
  2 person OfA-Egypt, Jud, Syr. --(a) self . (a.1) self; as a reflexive pronoun OfA-Egypt, OfA-Pers, Gal, Syr, JBA, Man. 1 דנפש– : one's own property JBA. 2 לנפשה : for himself (as a transfer of property) OfA-Egypt, OfA-Pers. 3 ܡܢ ܢܦܫܗ : of one's own accord Syr. --(b) body JBA. --(c) personhood, seat of desire Qum, JLAtg, JBA.
  3 throat, breath Qum, Syr. --(a) in biblical texts as a calque of Hebrew : appetite JLAtg, LJLA.
  4 funerary monument OA, OfA-West, Palm, Nab, Hat, Jud, , Syr. --(a) funeral pyre Syr.
  5 in idiomatic expressions .


(l p01
ˁl (ˁal) prep. upon; against; to
In JBA as an independent word prothetic א _ w. doubling of the following consonant. Withe pron. suffixes, spelled in full in JBA aעלי , but can be אלי in JBAmb.

  1 upon, over Com. --(a) lit. Com. --(b) fig. Com.
  2 against, over against Com. --(a) by (in measurements) Gal. (a.1) see ˁl ḥd kmh wkmh Gal.
  3 toward, to Com. --(a) next to, alongside Com. (a.1) together with Com. (a.2) during (time period = Greek ἐπί) Palm, Nab, Hat, Jud. (a.3) in addition to JBA.
  4 about, concerning Com. --(a) for, on behalf of BA-Ez, Palm, Hat, ParthMA. --(b) according to JBA. (b.1) על ד : according to the opinion of Gal. --(c) w. pronominal suffixes : woe upon me, you etc. Man. --(d) because of BA-Ez, Qum. --(e) using, by means of (?) JBA. (e.1) with (as an alternative to b_ in adverbal constructions) CPA.
  5 of obligation: owed by, responsible for OA-East, OfAGen, PTA, Sam.
  6 governing the indirect obj. of verbal ideas in each of the various meanings Com.
  7 as the first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions, and adverbs Com. --(a) prepositions Com. --(b) conjunctions Com. --(c) adverbs Com.