# \*šVḥVt-: 'strike, destroy'

> Proto-Semitic *šVḥVt-, 'strike, destroy': reflexes in 7 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šVḥVt- |
| Meaning | 'strike, destroy' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punic | šḥt 'smash' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root šḥt |  |
| Hebrew | šḥt (HALOT 1470 apud SEDonline 1353) | HALOT 1470; SEDonline 1353 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | sḥt (Lane 1314 apud SEDonline 1353) | Lane 1314; SEDonline 1353 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. s₁ḥt (SD 125 apud SEDonline 1353) | SD 125; SEDonline 1353 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | šḥt (T 315) | T 315 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | šḥt pe. pt. pass. (HALOT BArm. s.v. שׁחת) | HALOT BArm. s.v. שׁחת | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | šḥt (DNWSI 1122) | DNWSI 1122 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PWS \*šḥt 'to err, to be corrupt' (Kogan 2015, 122 apud SEDonline 1353). SEDonline 1353 joins Ethiopian səḥta (Gz., CDG 494) and its cognates, which carry the 'err' sense. Tomback (T 315) compares Anc.Aram. šḥt 'to destroy', B.Aram. šeḥat 'to be corrupt' and J.Aram. šeḥat 'to be mutilated'.

## Linked from

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

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