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Hebrew
yḳd - to burn
(HALOT 430)
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PS
*wḳd/*ḳwd
- to burn
(Kogan 2015:398)
PS *wḳd/*ḳwd ‘to burn’ is relatively well attested (DRS 601), but as opposed to Aramaic neither Hbr. yḳd, nor Akk. ḳâdu, nor Arb. wqd can be said to function as the basic verbs with the meaning “to burn” (intransitive) in the respective languages.