throat life 4 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme napištum
meaning 1 throat ana napšāti innabtū (OIP 2, 92 r. 25)

They fled for (their) lives.

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meaning 2 life napšāti marṣi ina parar bīni talappat (LKA 79:7)

You touch the throat of the sick person with a knife of tamarisk wood.

reference CAD: N1 296f.
comment From PS *napa/iš- 'throat' (SED I No. 200). Even if derived from *npš ‘to breath’, which is quite possible, it should be distinguished, as early as on the PS level, from Sem. *nap(i)š- ‘soul; vitality, life; person, personality; self’ derived from the same verb.
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme näpäš
meaning 1 throat

wə-yihyū ḥayyīm lə-nap̄šäḵā wə-ḥēn lə-gargərōṯǟḵā (Pro 3:22)


So shall they be life unto your throat (i.e. soul), and grace to your neck.

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meaning 2 breath; soul; life; living being

wə-aḵ äṯ-dimḵäm lə-nap̄šōṯēkäm ‘ädrōš mi-yyad kol-ḥayyā ‘ädrōšännū wū-mi-yyad hā-‘ādām mi-yyad ‘īš ‘āḥīu ‘ädrōš äṯ-näp̄äš hā-‘ādām (Gen. 9:5)


And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

reference HALOT: 711
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Somali
lexeme rubad(-da)
meaning 1 throat
direction
meaning 2 life
reference Alejnikov 2012
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Sumerian
lexeme zi
meaning 1 throat šeš-ĝu10 a-na-zu a-ra-gig zi-ĝu10 ma-gig (EnkNinḫ. 264)

- My brother, what part of you hurts you?

- My throat hurts me.

direction
meaning 2 life

dli-pi2-it-eš4-tar2 dumu den-lil2-la2-me-en buru14 mah zi3-ga zi kalam-ma-me-en (Lipit-Eštar A 42-43)


I am Lipit-Eštar, Enlil's son. I am the one who makes an abundant crop grow, the life of the Land.

reference ePSD2 Attinger, 2023: 1502
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