# \*ɣlm 'to be dark; to be hidden'

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

- Author's gloss: to be dark; hidden
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C4%A1/3633_to_be_dark_to_be_hidden.md

## In Linear A

- [TU-JU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-JU-MA/index.md>) (Tuʿlum): personal name, 'hidden one'

## Notes

PWS *ɣlm 'to be dark' (Kogan 2015, 187 apud SEDonline 1130). Arabic and Sabaic ʕlm 'know, sign' are 2624.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ɣlm (HALOT 835); ɣlmt (DULAT 316; SEDonline 1130) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: II ʿlm hif. (HALOT 835) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: taʿalma (LGz. 61) (gloss withheld)

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