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Ugaritic
mṭh - bed or downwards
(DUL 604)
for the meaning “downwards” cf. Pho.
mṭ
‘what is below’ and Hbr.
máṭṭā
‘beneath, downwards’ ; for the meaning “bed” cf. Hbr.
miṭṭā
‘couch, bed’ (HALOT 573).
Reconstruction
PC
*mVṭṭ-at-
- bed
(Kogan 2015: 298)