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*ḫrš - to be deaf and dumb
(SED I No. 32ᵥ; HALOT 357)
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Akkadian
ḫarāšu
- binden, anbinden(?)
(CAD Ḫ 95, AHw. 324)
Probably related. In CAD (meanings 3a, b) commented as: “uncertain meaning, said of parts of the human body”. However, at least two contexts clearly refer to mouth.
Ugaritic
ḫar(r)āšu
- deaf
(Huehnergard 1987: 130)
Alphabetically not attested.
Hebrew
ḥrš
- to be deaf
(HALOT 357)
Deir Alla
ḥršn (pl.)
- deaf, deaf and dumb
(DNWSI 409)
Official Aramaic
ḥrš
- deaf
(DNWSI 409)
Syriac
ḥrš
- to be mute, silent
(LSyr. 259, SL 495)
Mandaic
ḥrš
- to be deaf(-mute)
(MD 153)
Arabic
ḫrs
- to be numb
(BK 1 557, Lane 721)
Geez
ḥarrasa
- to sleep
(CDG 244)
Related with a meaning shift?