*ʾarān-: 'chest'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	arānu 'chest'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root arān
Hebrew	ʾarown 'chest'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root arān
Punic	ʾrn; ʾrnt (T 31)	T 31; Anderson–Moser 2024 root arān	gloss withheld
Phoenician	ʾrn (T 31)	T 31	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	arn 'chest'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root arān
Syrian Aramaic	ʔārūn 'the ark; chest, strong-box' (Payne Smith 28)	Payne Smith 28

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Late Babylonian arānu is a West Semitic loan (AHw. 65 apud HALOT 85; against Zimmern 34); Arabic ʾirān 'bier' is borrowed from Aramaic (HALOT 85).

Updated 22 October 2026