# \*ʾVḫuḏ-: 'take'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾVḫuḏ-, 'take': reflexes in 18 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾVḫuḏ- |
| Meaning | 'take' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1417 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʔḫḏ \[-u-\] |  |  |
| Akkadian | aḫazu |  |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | AHD (MD 8) | MD 8 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʔḫd (HALOT 31) | HALOT 31 |  |
| Geez | ʔḫz |  |  |
| Hebrew | ʔḥz |  |  |
| Amharic | yazä |  |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ʔḫḏ (Sabaweb lemma 1787) | Sabaweb lemma 1787 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔeḥad (Payne Smith 10) | Payne Smith 10 |  |
| Aramaic | (Epigr) ʔḥd (DNWSI 35), (Palest) ʔḥad (DJPA 45b apud CAL) | DNWSI 35; DJPA 45b; CAL |  |
| Tigrinya | ḥazä (LGz. 14) | LGz. 14 |  |
| Argobba | wähaza (LGz. 14) | LGz. 14 |  |
| Gurage | ezä (LGz. 14) | LGz. 14 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʾḫḏ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 41); Dadanitic ʾḫḏ (Al-Jallad 2026, 4) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 41; Al-Jallad 2026 4 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Sel. ēnzä, Wol. enzä, Zwy. īnzä (EDG 119 apud SEDonline 1872) | EDG 119; SEDonline 1872 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | yazä (Leslau 1956: 249 apud SEDonline 1872) | Leslau 1956: 249; SEDonline 1872 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ʾḫḏ: jaʾḫuḏ, ʾaḫiḏ(ān)um, taʾḫaḏum, jāʾḫiḏ (Gelb AS 21, 14); ʾ-ḫ-ḏ G: ia/ta-ḫu-uz-an (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 16) | Gelb AS 21 14; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 16 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | uš-da-a-ḫa-ša-am₆, a-ḫu-sum /ʾ-ḫ-ḏ/ G, D (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 16) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 16 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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