*ḥVdVd-: 'forge, sharpen' 1, 'boundary, border' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥVdVd-
Meaning'forge, sharpen' 1, 'boundary, border' 2
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 1147

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Aramaicḥaddēd (Klein s.v. חדד)Klein s.v. חדדgloss withheld
Arabicḥdd u/i,1; ḥadda 'he edged, or sharpened, a knife … with a stone or file' (Lane 524)Lane 524
Hebrewḥdd (hof.); *ḥad (HALOT 291)HALOT 291gloss withheld
Akkadianedēdu; eddu (HALOT 291)HALOT 291gloss withheld
Amoriteḥiddu, ḥadīdu (Buck 2019, 327)Buck 2019, 327gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ḥdd 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 72); ḥdd (D) 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 73)Al-Jallad 2026 72; Al-Jallad 2026 73gloss withheld
Eblaiticħadid 1: name ʔà-ti-du (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231gloss withheld
Emarħadid 1: name ḫa-di-du (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231gloss withheld

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Notes

Al-Jallad (2026, 72) compares Arabic ḥadd, ḥudūd 'limit, boundary' and Nabataean Aramaic ḥdd 'boundary' (CAL, s.v. ḥdd n.).

Updated 3 November 2026

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