# \*tihām- 'deep, primordial ocean, abyss; Tiamat (DN)'

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

- Author's gloss: the deep, primeval ocean; sea
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/t/2765_deep_primordial_ocean_abyss_Tiamat_DN.md

## In Linear A

- [WI-TE-JA-MU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-TE-JA-MU/index.md>) (Widd-tiyāmu): Beloved of the Deep (title or name)

## Notes

Arabic tihāmat- is the name of the Red Sea coastal plain (Kogan 2011, 191).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: tiāmtum (CAD T 150; AHw 1353) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: ti-ʾa-ma-tum, ti-ʾà-ma-tum (HALOT 1690); ti-ʾà-ma-tum /tihām(a)tum/ (VE 1343; Krebernik 1983, 43) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: thm (CUC; DULAT 851); /tahāmatu/ (UVST 184) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: tehôm (HALOT 1690) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: təhōmā (HALOT 1690)
- Syrian Aramaic: tᵉhōmā (HALOT 1690)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: taham- (Kogan 2011, 191) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.