Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/W*wtḫ: 'to strike with a stick; club' Root FieldValueReconstruction*wtḫMeaning'to strike with a stick; club'Basisproject Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteHebrewtôtāḥ (Jb 41:21) (HALOT 1715)HALOT 1715gloss withheldArabicwataḫa 'to strike someone with a stick'; mītaḫa 'stick; palm branch' (BK 2 1479; Freytag 4 431)BK 2 1479; Freytag 4 431 A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. Notes HALOT 1715 takes tôtāḥ as a tô- noun of the root of Arabic wataḫa.Updated 28 October 2026Linked from 1 pageW