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Hebrew
Etymology
Spelling borrowed from Aramaic מַסְמְרָא (masmərā, “pin, nail”).
Cognate with Arabic مسمار.
Pronunciation
Noun
מַסְמֵר • (masmér) m (plural indefinite מַסְמֵרִים)
- nail (spiked-shape metal fastener)
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 89
- Haupt, Paul (1917) “The Disease of King Teumman of Elam”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research, volume 1, page 90, derives the Aramaic and Hebrew from Assyrian Akkadian with s₁ as first radical, connecting to שָׁמִיר (šāmī́r, “adamant”), decidedly ignoring the occurrence in Qohelet with s₂ and claiming a vocalization masmár for the Hebrew, but a corresponding term in Akkadian seems still not attested and שָׁמִיר (šāmī́r, “adamant”) is probably an unproductive technical term.
- H4930 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “מסמר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language