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*ŝaḥm- - fat
(SED I No. 263; Kogan 2011: 215)
Cf.
*ŝabḥ/*ŝVbḥ-
"fat".
Words
Akkadian
šēmu
- fat
(CAD Š₂ 287, AHw. 1211)
Arabic
šaḥuma
- to be fat
(Lane 1513)
Arabic
šaḥm-
- fat
(BK 1 1199, Lane 1513)
Jibbali
ŝḥmέt
- temple
(JL 250)
“it is cut in a slaughtered animal to see how much fat is on the carcass” according to JL 250