▪ ṢNM_1 ‘…’ ↗… ▪ ṢNM_2 ‘…’ ↗…♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘idol, to shape or form or picture an idol for worship’. – The philologists, however, are inclined to regard ṣanam as a borrowing from Hbr (also said to be from Pers).