Ḥ-M-D (Arabic: ح-م-د, Hebrew: ח-מ-ד) is the triconsonantal Semitic 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.
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