# \*rtm 'broom (Retama)'

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

- Author's gloss: broom, a desert shrub
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/r/3626_broom_Retama.md

## In Linear A

- [RI-TA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-TA-MA/index.md>) (Ritmā): personal name, 'broom (bush)'

## Notes

The desert broom Retama raetam (HALOT 1300). Hebrew has the place name Ritmâ, 'place of the broom bushes' (Nu 33:18f; HALOT 1300).

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: rōtem (HALOT 1300) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ratmā (HALOT 1300)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ratam (Lane 1029); ratam (HALOT 1300) (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.