# \*rmś 'to creep, crawl, swarm' 1, 'creeping things' 2, 'to set oneself in motion' 3

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

- Author's gloss: to creep, swarm; creeping things; set in motion
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/r/4295_to_creep_crawl_swarm_1_creeping_things_2_to_set.md

## In Linear A

- [RI-MI-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-MI-SI/index.md>) (Rimši): Rimši; a personnel group named with the Amorite element rimši (Ugaritic DN rmš)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: |r-m-S| 3: names il-maš-il, dar-ma-áš; ramaS 3: name ra-maš (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 167) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: רמשׂ 1 (HALOT 1245–1246); רֶמֶשׂ 2 (HALOT 1246) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: Sam., CPA *rms 1 (HALOT 1245); CPA rmsʾ 2 (HALOT 1246) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: rimS 3: names ri-im-ši-DINGIR, ri-im-ši-ì-lí, ka-ak-ka-ri-im-ši (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 167) (gloss withheld)

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