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*mṯl - to be similar
(Kogan 2015:236, HALOT 647, AHw. 623, CDG 365)
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Akkadian
mašālu
- to be similar
(CAD M₁ 355, AHw. 623)
Ugaritic
tmṯl
- equal amount, equivalent
(DUL 873)
quite uncertain (cf. Pardee 1985: 66), as long as the meaning suggested by the authors of DUL is accepted, there is hardly any need to postulate a borrowing from Akk. tamšīlu (CAD T 147).