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Ugaritic
nhmmt - sleep of death; drowsiness
(DUL 626)
this attestation of *nwm doubtful. Gordon 422 and Del Olmo, Mitos 588 regard the word as a compositum consisting of nhm ‘sleep’ (with an inserted -h-) and mt ‘death’ (otherwise in [WUS 90]).
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*nwm
- to sleep, slumber
(SED I No. 52ᵥ)
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