From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“life, breath”). Cognate with Arabic نَفْس (nafs) and Biblical Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (nɛ́p̄ɛš).
napištum f (construct state napišti or napšat, pronominal state napišta, plural napšātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- throat
- Synonyms: kišādum, ḫurḫudum
- life, vigour, good health, livelihood
- self, body, person, somebody
- personnel
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- “napištu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980