# \*swd: 'confidential talk; council'

> Proto-Semitic *swd, 'confidential talk; council': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*swd |
| Meaning | 'confidential talk; council' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | sôd (HALOT 745) | HALOT 745 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | swādā, suwwādā (HALOT 745; Payne Smith 363); sawwed (Payne Smith 364) | HALOT 745; Payne Smith 363; Payne Smith 364 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | sawād (HALOT 745); sāwada, inf. n. siwād (Lane 1461); suwād (Lane 1462) | HALOT 745; Lane 1461; Lane 1462 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ms3wd (Biella 502) (HALOT 745) | Biella 502; HALOT 745 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 745 joins Hebrew sôd, Syriac swādā, Arabic sawād and Sabaic ms3wd; Beeston (apud Biella 502) compares Hebrew sōd. SD 139 reads ms3wd 'hall, audience chamber', as a collective 'class of ?landlords?', and ms3wdt '?counsellor'. Lane 1461 marks Arabic sāwada 'speak secretly with' tropical and derives it from sawād 'person' (929). HALOT 745 adds Ugaritic sd with a query. Not 3071 \*swd 'be chief, lord' (Sab s1wd).

## Linked from

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

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