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Hapax legomenon in 1.14 ii 32‒35: ˁdn ngb w yṣˀi ṣbˀu ṣbˀi ngb w yṣˀi ˁdn mˁ ṣbˀuk ˀul mˀad. Although there is no unanimously accepted understanding of the syntax of this passage, comparison with Arb. maˁaⁿ ‘together’ is certainly not the only way of interpreting mˁ in this context (‘a throng will indeed go forth’ in Pardee 1997:334 and cf. Tropper 2000:813, Renfroe 1992:128) Kogan 2015: 327

< Akk. mūdû

very uncertain, connection with Akk. mādidu ‘official supervising the delivery or distribution of staples’ (CAD M₁ 16) is unprovable (Kogan 2015: 364)

As rightly observed by D. Pardee (2000: 675), the meaning of the Ugaritic word is uncertain and its hypothetic relationship to the normal designation of tower (mgdl) remains to be substantiated. A borrowing from Akk. madgaltu is, at any rate, unprovable (Kogan 2015: 364).

totally uncertain, none of the putative Akkadian source-words is in any sense reliable (as admitted by Watson himself, 2007 :3) (Kogan 2015: 364)

totally uncertain,borrowing from Akk. mešēnu is unprovable and unlikely (Kogan 2015: 364)

The root of the word may be related, with metathesis, to Akk. dagālu 'look' and the lexemes listed under the entry (see also Ugr. mdgl 'tower' ?).