Proto-Semitic root
*tihām-
‘deep, primordial ocean, abyss; Tiamat (DN)’
di Mino’s gloss: the deep, primeval ocean; sea
Record 2765 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Arabic tihāmat- is the name of the Red Sea coastal plain (Kogan 2011, 191).
Reflexes7 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadiantiāmtum (CAD T 150; AHw 1353)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticti-ʾa-ma-tum, ti-ʾà-ma-tum (HALOT 1690)ti-ʾà-ma-tum /tihām(a)tum/ (VE 1343; Krebernik 1983, 43)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic4
- Ugariticthm (CUC; DULAT 851)/tahāmatu/ (UVST 184)gloss withheld
- Hebrewtehôm (HALOT 1690)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaictəhōmā (HALOT 1690)
- Syrian Aramaictᵉhōmā (HALOT 1690)
Arabic1
- Arabictaham- (Kogan 2011, 191)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.