Ḥ-M-D

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Triconsonantal Semitic root of Arabic and Hebrew words

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::summary Triconsonantal Semitic root of Arabic and Hebrew words ::

ar (, ) is the triconsonantal Semitic root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise" in Arabic and "to desire" in Hebrew.

Usage

Concepts

Arabic

  • Hamd — "praise", a song or poem in praise of Allah
  • Mahmad — "desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing, beloved, goodly, lovely, pleasant, desirable, precious ones, precious things, precious treasures, treasures, valuable"
  • Mahmud — "desirable, precious thing, pleasant thing"

Hebrew

  • Ḥemda — "desire, delight, beauty".
  • Nehmad — "nice, cute, pleasant, lovely"
  • Ḥamud — "cute, lovely, sweet, pretty"
  • Maḥmad — "something desirable", as in hayat maḥmad "pet" ("desirable animal"), maḥmad eino "someone's beloved" ("desire of his eyes")
  • Ḥemed — "grace, charm"
  • Ḥamad — "desired, coveted", as in lo taḥmod "Thou shalt not covet"

Names

References

References

  1. ''[[A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic]]'' by Hans Wehr, edited by J. Milton Cowan, fourth edition, 1979 ({{ISBN. 0-87950-003-4), p. 238
  2. '' A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' by William L. Holladay, 1971, p. 108

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