The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Cognates
language 1		Akkadian
language 2		Ancient Hebrew
lexeme 1		nēšu
lexeme 2		nāḥāš
meaning 1	lion
direction	→
meaning 2	snake
reference		HALOT: 690 CAD: n II 193
comment		Cf. Akk. nēšu ša ḳaḳḳari, an epithet of the serpent in the Gilgamesh Epic (XI 314), lit. 'lion of the earth'. See SED II No. 159

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Cognates
language 1		Ancient Hebrew
language 2		Tigre
lexeme 1		ʔaryẽ, ʔãrī
lexeme 2		ʔarwe
meaning 1	lion (HALOT 87)
direction	→
meaning 2	snake (WTS 359)
reference
comment		See SED II No. 17, also 159. Via intermediate Geez ʔarwe 'animal, wild animal, beast' (CDG 40), ʔarwe mədr 'snake', lit. 'beast of earth' (ibid.).