napāḫu  [MÚ : ]  (vb. a/u)

to blow / to fan / to cool ; to breathe ; to kindle , to fan / to stimulate (?) ;

See also : mudammiqtu, sāru

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

• Proto-Semitic : ^*napaḫ "to blow"
• Arabic : nafaḫa  نَفَخَ
• Syriac : npaḥ  ܢܦ݂ܰܚ "to breathe"
• Hebrew : nāṗaḥ  נָפַח
• Ugaritic : npḫ  
• Ge'ez : nafḫa

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