arrow luck 3 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language 1 Akkadian
language 2 Ugaritic
lexeme 1 uṣṣu/ūṣu
lexeme 2 ḥṯ̣t
meaning 1 arrow tilpānī u uṣṣī tillī unūt tāhazi (OIP 2, 60: 57)

bows and arrows, equipment, battle gear

direction
meaning 2 happy, lucky
reference CAD: U/W 289 DUL: 383
comment

Two related roots: PS *ḥVṯ̣ṯ̣ 'arrow' (HALOT 342; CDG 247; Kogan 2015: 327), and PWS *ḥṯ̣ṯ̣ 'to be lucky' (Kogan 2015: 327).

NEW Realization 2
type Cognates
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme 1 ḥeṣ
lexeme 2 حظّ ḥaḏ̣ḏ̣-
meaning 1 arrow

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֔וֹ רֻ֗ץ מְצָ֥א נָא֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִצִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מוֹרֶ֑ה  

wa-yyōˀmär lə-naˁărō ruṣ məṣā' nā' äṯ-ha-ḥiṣṣīm ˀăšär ānōkī mōrǟ


And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot.

direction
meaning 2 fortune

لعن الحظّ laˁana l-ḥaḏ̣ḏ̣-a


to curse one's fate
reference Lane: 595, 596 HALOT: 342
comment
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme سَهْم sahm-
meaning 1 arrow

انطلق كالسَهْم 'inṯ̣alaqa ka-s-sahmu


He ran like an arrow.

direction
meaning 2 lot, portion

كَانَ لَهُ سَهْمٌ مِنَ الغَنِيمَةِ شَهِدَ أَوْ غَابَ kāna la-hu sahm-un min al-γanīm-at-i šahd-i 'aw γāba


There was/is for him a share of the spoil whether he was/is present or absent.

reference Lane: 1454
comment