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PS
*ˁmd - to support; to stand
(HALOT 840)
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Akkadian
emēdu
- to lean against sth, to stand by; to place
(CAD E 138)
Ugaritic
ˁmd
- support or foot of a wall
(DUL 164, Watson 2007: 80)
a regular reflex of PS *ˁmd, borrowing from Akk. imdu ‘stanchion, support’ (CAD I 109) is quite unlikely (Pardee 2000: 882) (Kogan 2015: 356).
Hebrew
ˁmd
- go up before, stand up; to stand; to be motionless
(HALOT 840)
Arabic
ˁmd
- to support, to stay sth
(Lane 2151)
ˁamūd = a pole of a tent, column, pillar (Lane 2152)