Number: 1068
Proto-Semitic: *nVšVm-
Meaning: to breathe
Hebrew: nāšam (ō) 'to pant, puff' [KB 730]
Judaic Aramaic: nšm (ʔitpe.) 'to take breath, to rest' [Ja 941]
Syrian Aramaic: nǝšam 'spiravit' [Brock 451]
Mandaic Aramaic: nšm 'to breathe' [DM 307]
Arabic: nsm (-i-) 'souffler doucement, se répandre légèrement (se dit du vent ou d'un arome)' [BK 2 1252]
Mehri: hǝnsōm 'to breathe', šǝnēsǝm 'to sigh' [JM 300]
Jibbali: enúsum 'to die; kill so.', ǝntsím 'to die, breath o's last', s̃énísǝm 'to sigh; take a deep breath' [JJ 192]
Harsusi: ansōm 'to breathe', šenésem 'to sigh' [JH 97]
Notes: Unseparable from Common SEM noun *nišam-(at-) {} *nisam-(at-) 'breath, respiration' with a semantic development to 'breath of life, spirit, soul', (similar to that in *npš {} *nps (1), No. ): HBR nǝšāmā 'movement of air; breath, breath of life; living being' [KB 730]; ARM: BIB (suff.) nišmǝtāk (suff.) 'Odem' [KB deutsch 1750], JUD nišmā, nišmǝtā 'breath, respiration; spirit, soul' [Ja 941], SYR nǝšamtā 'spiritus, anima' [Brock 451], MND nisimta 'soul' [DM 300]; ARB nasam- 'léger souffle du vent; souffle de la vie, esprits vitaux; homme, genre humain', nasam-at- 'respiration; souffle de la vie; asthme' [BK 2 1253]; MSA: MHR nǝsēm 'breath, soul' [JM 300], HRS nesēm 'breath' [JH 97], JIB nsɛ́m 'spirit, soul; that which leaves a dying body', nǝsmɛ́t, nǝsmút 'breath; soul' [JJ 192].
Cf. SOQ nšm 'dessécher' [LS 276], with a semantic development 'to breathe' > 'to blow (of wind)' > 'to dry (of wind)' ?
[KB 730], [Brock 451]: HBR, ARM, ARB
