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*ˁms - to be massive, compact, heavy
(Kogan 2015: 284)
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Syriac
ˁms
- (etp.) to be drawn together, pressed together
(LSyr. 530, SL 1112)
Arabic
ˁms
- to be hard, strong
(LA 6 177)
Tigre
ˁamsä
- to become pregnant
(WTS 456)
can also be considered a semantic development from “to carry” or “to be loaded with” (Leslau 1958: 40, Buck 1949: 283‒284). In this case, the meaning “to carry” may be not exclusively Canaanite.