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*ḫṭṭ - to dig
(Kogan 2015: 336 n. 988)
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Akkadian
ḫaṭāṭu
- to make a ditch, to excavate
(CAD Ḫ 152, AHw. 336)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḥṭṭ
- to dig out
(DJBA 449)
Syriac
ḥṭṭ
- to be exact, done with care
(LSyr. 226, SL 506)
Arabic
ḫṭṭ
- to make a mark upon the ground
(Lane 759)
ḫaṭṭ- ‘line, streak, stripe’
Tigrinya
ḥaṭäṭ bälä
- to scratch
(TED 299)