# \*ʾimmi/ar-: 'lamb'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾimmi/ar-, 'lamb': reflexes in 14 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾimmi/ar- |
| Meaning | 'lamb' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1953 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʔa/immar- 'lamb' \[BK 1 54\], \[Fr. I 58\], \[Lane 97\], \[LA IV 32\]. | BK 1 54; Fr. I 58; Lane 97; LA IV 32 |  |
| Akkadian | immeru OA, OB on \[CAD i 129\], \[AHw. 378\]; immertu OB on \[CAD i 128\], \[AHw. 378\]. | CAD i 129; AHw. 378; CAD i 128 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ʕmbra \[DM 352\], also ʕumbra \[ibid. 344\], ambra \[ibid. 22\]. | DM 352; DM 344; DM 22 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʔimr \[DULAT 70\] | DULAT 70 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ʔimmēr 'lamb' (BDB 1081) | BDB 1081 |  |
| Phoenician | ʔmr \[T 24\] | T 24 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʔimmēr (HALOT 67) | HALOT 67 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʔimmar (det. ʔimmǝrā) \[Ja. 51\], ʔimmartā \[ibid.\], \[Levy WTM I 102\]; ʔimmar \[DJPA 50b apud CAL\], ʔymrh (det. ʔymrth \[ibid.\]). // Sam. ʔmr, ʔmrh \[Tal 44\]. | Ja. 51; Levy WTM I 102; DJPA 50b; CAL; Tal 44 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔemrā 'lamb' \[Brock. 26\], \[PS 246\]. | Brock. 26; PS 246 |  |
| Aramaic | Anc. ʔmr \[HJ 78\] | HJ 78 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | M. Mnd. émbera \[Macuch NT 401\]; Tur. ʔemro \[Kuip. 145\] | Macuch NT 401; Kuip. 145 |  |
| Punic | ʾmr (HSED 1729) | HSED 1729 |  |
| Amorite | ʾimmirum, ʾimmerum (Gelb AS 21, 14); ʾimmer (Buck 2019, 324) | Gelb AS 21 14; Buck 2019, 324 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ínmihir (Morris 2021, 148 apud Kogan 2025, 3) | Kogan 2025, 3 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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