*ʾim-: 'if'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʾim-
Meaning	'if'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Aramaic	hn 'if, whether' (BDB 1090)	BDB 1090
Geez	ʾəmma (LGz. 22)	LGz. 22	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ʾim (HALOT 60)	HALOT 60; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾim	gloss withheld
Punic	ʾm; ʾm (T 22)	T 22; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾim	gloss withheld
Phoenician	ʾm (T 22)	T 22	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	hm (HALOT 60); ỉm (DULAT 66)	HALOT 60; DULAT 66; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾim	gloss withheld
Arabic	ʾin (HALOT 60)	HALOT 60
Epigraphic South Arabian	hm (HALOT 60; Sabaweb lemma 2163); Sab hn (Biella 114); b-ʾn (Biella 22)	HALOT 60; Sabaweb lemma 2163; Biella 114; Biella 22	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	hēn (HALOT 60)	HALOT 60	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ʾm (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 44); Safaitic ʾn; Dadanitic ʾin (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 45)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 44; Al-Jallad–Jaworska 45	gloss withheld

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Notes

Biella 114 compares Mehri hen 'when; if'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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