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np$ noun sg. 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 .

)n$ noun sg. emphatic
ˀnš, ˀnšˀ ((ˀĕ)nāš, (ˀĕ)nāšā) n.m. person, someone
Syr. ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ but often in the absolute in the meaning "someone"; JLAmb, LJLA abs. often אינש (see discussion s.v. ˀynyš) [Note that in TgPsJon all forms are spelled with אי , but not so in other LJLA texts.]

  1 person, someone Com. --(a) inhabitant Com. (a.1) sg. with pl. referent BA-Ez. (a.2) +by : household members : see s.v. ˀnšy bytˀ , JLAtg. --(b) with negative verb: no one Com. --(c) sg. emph. as a collective (w. plural agreement) Syr. --(d) unspecified male person JBA.
  2 Man, humanity (usually in the emphatic) BA-Da, Qum, Syr. --(a) people Syr. --(b) some Syr. --(c) family, relatives Syr.
  3 often in the absolute state (i.e., as a pronoun, even in Eastern Aramaic): . --(a) anyone Com, -OA. (a.1) ܟܠ ܐܢܫ, ܟܠܢܫ : everyone : see s.v. klnš CPA, Syr. --(b) ܠܐ ܐܢܫ : no one Syr. --(c) after a descriptive term for a person: a certain Syr. (c.1) even after a feminine noun! Syr. --(d) ܐܢܫ ܐܢܫ : each one CPA, Syr.