# \*rVyVm- 'be high, long'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to be high, rise; height; exalted
- SED semet 1179
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/r/1135_be_high_long.md

## In Linear A

- [JA-RE-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-RE-MI/index.md>) (Yarīm): personal name, '(DN) is exalted' (Amorite type)
- [JA-RU-MA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-RU-MA-NE/index.md>) (Yarīmān): personal name, '(DN) is exalted', with hypocoristic -ān (Amorite type)
- [RU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RU-MA/index.md>) (Rūma): Height (toponym), the bare form of RU-MA-TA rūmatā
- [RU-MA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RU-MA-TA/index.md>) (rūmatā): the Height (toponym of the Ramah/Ramoth type)
- [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) (terûmā): contribution, offering (terûmā), a transaction marker

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: /rām/: name la-ma; cf. la-mi (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 176) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: rum (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: rm; rm (CUC; DULAT 729, 730) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root rwm]
- Hebrew: rw/ym; ruwm (BDB 926); rm (DNWSI 1077) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root rwm]
- Syrian Aramaic: rām 'be high' (Payne Smith 534)
- Judaic Aramaic: mᵉrōmā (HALOT 633); rūmā (HALOT 1205); rūm (T 304) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: mrm (HALOT 633; T 199); rm (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root rwm]
- Aramaic: rwmʾ (HALOT 1205; Qumran 220 apud CAL); CPArm. rmtʾ (HALOT 1240); RWM (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 1063 apud CAL) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root rwm]
- Amorite: rwm: 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)
- Phoenician: rm (T 304) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: rwm (HALOT BArm. s.v. רום); rūm (HALOT BArm. s.v. רוּם) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: rym II (gloss withheld)
- Modern Arabic: Yem. rēm (Biella 487)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab rym-m (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: riyyom (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: räyim (gloss withheld)
- Geez: rayama (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: ríhm (rym) (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 54) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: räžžim (AED 405 apud SEDonline 128) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.