נשמתא

Compare Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (nəšɔmɔ) and Arabic نَسَمَة (nasama).

• IPA^(key): /niʃ.məˈθɑ/
• (Ashkenazi) IPA^(key): /niʃ.məˈsɔ/

נִשְׁמְתָא • (nišməṯā) f (plural נִשְׁמָתָא)

1. soul, breath, spirit
   • Tanach, Genesis 2:7:

     וּבְרָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים יָת אָדָם עַפְרָא מִן אַדְמְתָא וּנְפַח בְּאַפּוֹהִי נִשְׁמְתָא דְחַיֵּי וַהֲוַת בְּאָדָם לְרוּחַ מְמַלְלָא:

     u'ḇrā YHWH 'Ĕlōhīm yāṯ āḏām ʕap̄rā min aḏməṯā u'np̄aħ bə'apōhī nišməṯā ḏə'ħayyē wa'hăwaṯ bə'āḏām lə'rūaħ məmaləlā

     Adonoy Elohim then formed the man, dust from the ground, and He blew into his nostrils the breath of life. And so man became a living [speaking] soul.

• Classical Syriac: ܢܫܡܬܐ (nəšamṯā)
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܫܲܡܬ݂ܵܐ (nəšaməṯā)

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