lap
→
protection, patronage
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Ancient Hebrew | |
| language 2 | Akkadian | |
| lexeme 1 | ḥōṣän | |
| lexeme 2 | ḫiṣnu | |
| meaning 1 | fold of garment, bosom | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | protection | |
| reference | Kogan 2015: 123-124 CAD: Ḫ 203 HALOT: 344 | |
| comment | From the verb ḫaṣānu ‘to shelter, receive in a friendly way’, note ḫ corresponding to Sem. *ḥ (CAD Ḫ 129, AHw. 331) < PWS *ḥVṣ̂n- 'lap, bosom' (SED I No. 129; Kogan 2011: 218). Cf. also Syr. ḥannā 'lap, bosom' (LSyr. 242, SL 469), Arb. ḥiḍn- 'bosom, part beneath the armpit' (Lane 591), Gez. ḥəŝṇ 'bosom, womb, lap' (CDG 226). |
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