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*nšb - to blow
(SED I No. 49v, HALOT 728)
Cf. SED I No. 51v&52v (*nšp ‘to blow’ and *nšm ‘to breathe’).
Words
Akkadian
nasābu
- to blow away, winnow
(CAD N₂ 56, AHw. 758)
In both sources the term is not separated from nasāpu id.
Hebrew
ˀäšnāb
- window
(HALOT 96)
Related with metathesis?
Hebrew
nšb
- to blow
(HALOT 728)
Syriac
nšb
- to blow
(LSyr. 450, SL 951)
Arabic
nsb
- IV. to be violent and drive along the dust and pebbles (about wind)
(BK 2 1245, Lane 2786)
Tigre
näsbä
- to draw phlegm up in the nose
(WTS 325)