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

> Proto-Semitic *ḥVdVd-, 'forge, sharpen' 1, 'boundary, border' 2: reflexes in 8 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>) › [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥVdVd- |
| Meaning | 'forge, sharpen' 1, 'boundary, border' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1147 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aramaic | ḥaddēd (Klein s.v. חדד) | Klein s.v. חדד | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ḥdd u/i,1; ḥadda 'he edged, or sharpened, a knife … with a stone or file' (Lane 524) | Lane 524 |  |
| Hebrew | ḥdd (hof.); \*ḥad (HALOT 291) | HALOT 291 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | edēdu; eddu (HALOT 291) | HALOT 291 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ḥiddu, ḥadīdu (Buck 2019, 327) | Buck 2019, 327 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ḥdd 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 72); ḥdd (D) 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 73) | Al-Jallad 2026 72; Al-Jallad 2026 73 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ħadid 1: name ʔà-ti-du (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | ħadid 1: name ḫa-di-du (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 231 | gloss 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.).

## Linked from

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

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