*zVnVq-: 'bind'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*zVnVq-
Meaning	'bind'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	zanaqa; zināq (HALOT 276; HALOT 277); zināq (Lane 1259)	HALOT 276; HALOT 277; Lane 1259	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	zånaq (HALOT 1023); zeqqā (HALOT 277)	HALOT 1023; HALOT 277	gloss withheld
Hebrew	z-q-q 'fetters' (BDB 279)	BDB 279

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Notes

Hebrew zēq and Syriac zeqqā (also zanqā) assimilate the n that Arabic zināq keeps. HALOT 277 takes the Hebrew and Aramaic as loans from Akkadian sinqu; Kaufman 1974, 61 rejects that. Arabic ziqq and Geez zaqq 'skin, skin bottle' (HALOT 277) are another word: Arabic ziqq is from Aramaic, and Geez zəq perhaps from Arabic (LGz. 642).

Updated 22 October 2026

*zVnVq-: 'bind'

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