Ḥ-M-D
Ḥ-M-D(Arabic:ح-م-د,Hebrew:ח-מ-ד) is thetriconsonantalSemitic rootof manyArabicand someHebrewwords. Many of those words are used as names. The basic meaning expressed by the root is "to praise" in Arabic and "to desire" in Hebrew.[1][2]
Usage
[edit]Concepts
[edit]Arabic
[edit]- Hamd— "praise", a song or poem in praise ofAllah
- Mahmad — "desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing, beloved, goodly, lovely, pleasant, desirable, precious ones, precious things, precious treasures, treasures, valuable"
- Mahmud— "desirable, precious thing, pleasant thing"
Hebrew
[edit]- Ḥemdaחֶמְדָּה— "desire, delight, beauty".
- Nehmadנֶחְמָד— "nice, cute, pleasant, lovely"
- Ḥamudחָמוּד— "cute, lovely, sweet, pretty"
- Maḥmadמַחְמָד— "something desirable", as inhayat maḥmadחַיַּת מַחְמָד"pet" ( "desirable animal" ),maḥmad einoמַחְמַד עֵינוֹ"someone's beloved" ( "desire of his eyes" )
- Ḥemedחֶמֶד— "grace, charm"
- Ḥamadחָמַד— "desired, coveted", as inlo taḥmodלֹא תַחְמֹד"Thou shalt not covet"
Names
[edit]- Ahmed— "highly praised
- Hamid— "[the one] given praise"
- Muhammad/Mahmud— "praiseworthy"
- ‘Abd al-Hamid— "servant of the Most Praised"
- Ḥamoudiחֲמוּדִי— Hebrew colloquial name, lit. 'cutie'
- Hemedחֶמֶד— a village inGush Dan,Israel
References
[edit]- ^A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabicby Hans Wehr, edited by J. Milton Cowan, fourth edition, 1979 (ISBN0-87950-003-4), p. 238
- ^A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testamentby William L. Holladay, 1971, p. 108
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