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*ḥasīs- - ear
(Holma 1911: 30; SED I No. 127; Kogan 2011: 221)
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Akkadian
ḫasīsu
- aperture of the ear, ear; (faculty of) hearing
(CAD ḫ 126, AHw 330)
Akk. ḫ< *ḥ
Ebla
ḫa-zi-zu-um /ḫasīsum/
- intellegence
(Fron. Ebl. 167, Kreb. 15)
Equated to Sum. GÈŠTU ‘ear’
Hebrew
ḥisḥūs
- cartilages forming the ear
(Jastrow 486)
pB.
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥisḥūs
- the cartilages forming the ear
(Jastrow 487)
Redupl.
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥăsīsā
- the system of cartilages of the ear, helix and antihelix
(Jastrow 487)
Var. ḥasāsūt (redupl.).
Syriac
ḥasḥūsē
- cartilage
(LSyr. 245)
Redupl.
Arabic
ḥasīs-
- both arteries behind the ears
(BK 1 423)
In ˀal-ḥasīs-āni (du.), with a highly specific meaning shift.