Proto-Semitic root
*rVyVm-
‘be high, long’
di Mino’s gloss: to be high, rise; height; exalted
Record 1135 ↗ · SED semet 1179 · Basis: SED
In Linear A5 entries
JA-RE-MIYarīmpersonal name, '(DN) is exalted' (Amorite type)SpeculativeSemitic1JA-RU-MA-NEYarīmānpersonal name, '(DN) is exalted', with hypocoristic -ān (Amorite type)CandidateSemitic1RU-MARūmaHeight (toponym), the bare form of RU-MA-TA rūmatāSpeculativeSemitic1RU-MA-TArūmatāthe Height (toponym of the Ramah/Ramoth type)CandidateSemitic3TEterûmācontribution, offering (terûmā), a transaction markerCandidateSemitic543D
Reflexes19 languages
East Semitic1
- Eblaitic/rām/: name la-macf. la-mi (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 176)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic10
- Mandaic Aramaicrumgloss withheld
- Ugariticrmrm (CUC; DULAT 729, 730)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root rwm
- Hebrewrw/ymruwm (BDB 926)rm (DNWSI 1077)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root rwm
- Syrian Aramaicrām ‘be high’ (Payne Smith 534)
- Judaic Aramaicmᵉrōmā (HALOT 633)rūmā (HALOT 1205)rūm (T 304)gloss withheld
- Punicmrm (HALOT 633; T 199)rmgloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root rwm
- Aramaicrwmʾ (HALOT 1205; Qumran 220 apud CAL)CPArm. rmtʾ (HALOT 1240)RWM (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1063 apud CAL)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root rwm
- Amoriterwm: rāmum, rāmatum, jārīm (Gelb AS 21, 30)rīm, rām, marīm, yarīm, tarīm, ʾarīm, larīm (Buck 2019, 332)rām: ra-am, ra-ma-tum, a-du-ra-mu (Ur III)rīm: ri-im/mu-ᵈIM, ri-im-ᵈda-gan, ri-ma-nu-um (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 176)gloss withheld
- Phoenicianrm (T 304)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicrwm (HALOT BArm. s.v. רום)rūm (HALOT BArm. s.v. רוּם)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicrym IIgloss withheld
- Modern ArabicYem. rēm (Biella 487)
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab rym-mgloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian5
- Soqotririyyomgloss withheld
- Tigreräyimgloss withheld
- Geezrayamagloss withheld
- Jibbaliríhm (rym) (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 54)gloss withheld
- Amharicräžžim (AED 405 apud SEDonline 128)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.