*ša/ilḫ-: 'skin, hide'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ša/ilḫ-
Meaning'skin, hide'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 1909

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicsalḫ- 'skin when it has been removed from a skinned animal' [BK 1 1121]; silḫ- 'shed skin of a serpent' [ibid.]; mislāḫ- 'skin that has just been removed from an animal; unprepared skin; shed skin of a serpent' [ibid.]BK 1 1121
Akkadian(?) mašlû OAkk on [CAD m1 380], [AHw 628].CAD m1 380; AHw 628gloss withheld
HebrewPB šälaḥ 'hide, fresh skin' [Ja 1580]Ja 1580
Judaic Aramaicšilḥā [Ja 1580]; šlḥ [DJPA 551b apud CAL]Ja 1580; DJPA 551b; CALgloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicšelḥā 'skin, hide' [Brock 780]; šǝlāḥǝtā 'shed skin (of serpents)' [ibid.]; šǝloḥtā 'skin of a serpent' [ibid.]; mǝšallǝḥā 'bark, rind' [ibid.]Brock 780
AramaicPLM šlḥ [HJ 1142]HJ 1142gloss withheld

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