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*ŝym - to set, lay down
(HALOT 1321)
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Akkadian
šiāmu
- to allot power, establish, fix a destiny, ordain the future
(CAD Š₁ 358, AHw. 1225)
Ebla
si-mi /šīm/
- it is appointed
(Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 685)
Phoenician
šym
- to place, to put, to set up
(DNWSI 1226)
Hebrew
ŝym
- to lay down, set down, arrange, fix
(HALOT 1321)
Samalian
šym
- to place, to put, to set up
(DNWSI 1226)
Old Aramaic
šym
- to place, to put, to set up
(DNWSI 1226)
Official Aramaic
šym
- to place, to put, to set up
(DNWSI 1226)
Biblical Aramaic
ŝym
- to place, to lay
(HALOT 1986)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
swm
- to place
(DJPA 370)
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
sym
- (aph.) to put
(DCPA 134)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
swm
- to put on shoes or sandals
(DJBA 793)
Syriac
sym
- to place, to set up
(LSyr. 469)
Mandaic
swm
- to put, place, lay (upon), put forth, apply to
(MD 321)
Turoyo
sym
- I. machen (to do)
(JL 178)
Arabic
šym
- to hide, to insert one thing into another, to impress
(BK 1 1300, Lane 1635)
Sabaic
s₂ym
- to set up; to appoint (someone); to perform (ceremony)
(SD 136)
Geez
ŝema
- to set, set in order, put, place, charge, promote, consecrate
(CDG 539)
Tigre
säyämä
- to constitute, to appoint as a chieftain
(WTS 227)
Tigrinya
säyyämä
- to correct, rectify mistakes
(TED 767)
Amharic
šomä
- to appoint to office; to place on top
(AED 656)