SEDonline
Semitic Etymological Database
Words
Reconstructions
About
Abbreviations
References
PArm
*ŝhd - to witness
(Kogan 2015:396)
The only cognate of PArm. *ŝhd ‘to witness’ is Arb. šhd with the same meaning (Lane 1609).
Words
Hebrew
ŝāhēd
- witness
(HALOT 1311)
Hbr. ŝāhēd in Job 16:19 is an obvious Aramaism (Wagner 1966:109).
Old Aramaic
šhd
- to give testimony
(DNWSI 1112)
Biblical Aramaic
sāhădūtā
- witness, testiminy
(HALOT 1985)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
shd
- to testify, admonish
(DJPA 570)
Syriac
shd
- to testify
(LSyr. 461, SL 973)