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*ṣpn - to hide, to cover
(EDA I)
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Hebrew
ṣpn
- to hide
(HALOT 1049)
Official Aramaic
ṣpn
- to hide, to conceal
(DNWSI 972)
likely a Hebraism
Arabic
ṣafn-
- round piece of skin or leather in which food is put; faucial bag of the camel
(Lane 1702)
Arabic
ṣafan-
- a thing in which are put goods or utensils; the scrotum; the envelope of the ear of corn
(Lane 1702)
Geez
ˀaṣfana
- to close, to hide
(CDG 548)
Tigrinya
č̣äffänä
- to cover the eyes, to bandage the eyes, to wrap up, to cover
(TED 2534)
Amharic
č̣äffänä
- to close, to shut the eyes, to cover the eyes
(AED 2245)