Proto-MSA

*hV- - to, for (dative preposition) (Kogan 2015: 556)

Mehri
h-, hāl - to, with, into (ML 155)
with 1 sg. suff. háyni
Jibbali
ˀɛ-, her - to, for (JL 1)

with suff. h-, with 1 sg. suff. híni

Soqotri
e- - to, for (LS 47, CSOL I 461, CSOL II 375)

with 1 sg. suff. énhi, without suff. e-

This preposition introduces the indirect object of such verbs as ˁö́mor ‘to say’ or éndeḳ ‘to give.’ It can also be used with other verbs as benefactive (with the meaning ‘in favor of, for’) or malefactive (‘to the detriment of’).