Ḥ-M-D

Ḥ-M-D (Arabic: ح م د‎, Hebrew: ח מ ד) is the triconsonantal root of many Arabic and some Hebrew words. 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

Concepts
  • Hamd (Arabic) — "praise" — a song or poem in praise of Allah
  • Hemda (Hebrew) — "desire, delight, beauty"
  • Mahmad (Arabic) — "desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing, beloved, goodly, lovely, pleasant, desirable, precious ones, precious things, precious treasures, treasures, valuable"
  • Mahmud (Arabic) — "desirable, precious thing, pleasant thing"
  • Nehmad (Hebrew) — "nice, cute, pleasant, lovely"
  • Hamud (Hebrew) — "cute, lovely, sweet, pretty"

Names
  • Ahmed — highly praised,
  • Hamid — [the one] given praise
  • Muhammad/Mahmud — praiseworthy
  • ‘Abd al-Hamid — servant of the Most Praised
  • Hamoudi — (Hebrew colloquial name, lit. 'cutie')
  • Hemed — a village in Gush Dan, Israel

See also

References
  1. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic by Hans Wehr, edited by J. Milton Cowan, fourth edition, 1979 (ISBN 0-87950-003-4), p. 238
  2. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament by William L. Holladay, 1971, p. 108
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