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*škḥ - to find
(Kogan 2015: 330)
A connection with Hbr.
škḥ
‘to forget’ is traditionally supposed, but the direction of the semantic shift is not entirely clear.
Words
Ugaritic
škḥ
- to meet, (N) to be met, welcomed
(DUL 814)
Official Aramaic
škḥ
- to find, meet
(DNWSI 1132)
Palmyrean
škḥ
- to find, meet
(DNWSI 1132)
Nabataean
škḥ
- to find
(DNWSI 1132)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
škḥ
- to find; to be able
(DJPA 549)
Syriac
škḥ
- to meet, to come upon, find
(LSyr. 775, SL 1556)