# \*ʕṯ̣m: 'to be powerful, great; to be numerous' > Proto-Semitic *ʕṯ̣m, 'to be powerful, great; to be numerous': reflexes in 7 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ʿ](). Updated 2026-10-26. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ʕṯ̣m | | Meaning | 'to be powerful, great; to be numerous' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Hebrew | ʿṣm (HALOT 868); \*ʿaṣmâ (pl. ʿaṣmôt); ʿoṣmâ (HALOT 870); ʿāṣûm (HALOT 867) | HALOT 868; HALOT 870; HALOT 867 | gloss withheld | | Phoenician | ʿṣmt (Krahmalkov 385) | Krahmalkov 385 | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | ʿẓm (II) (DULAT 194; HALOT 867); ʿẓm (III) (DULAT 194–195) | DULAT 194; HALOT 867; DULAT 194–195 | gloss withheld | | Arabic | ʿaẓuma (Lane 2086) (HALOT 868); ʿaẓīmat (Lane 2088) (HALOT 870) | Lane 2086; HALOT 868; Lane 2088; HALOT 870 | gloss withheld | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʿẓm (Al-Jallad 2026, 23) | Al-Jallad 2026 23 | gloss withheld | | Punic | N.Pu. tʿṣmt, in dl šm tʿṣmt (T 344) | T 344 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ʿẓm (D inf.) (Biella 362) | Biella 362 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Arabic ẓ answers Hebrew and Phoenician ṣ (\*ṯ̣). HALOT 868 refers the verb to ʿeṣem 'bone', and Lane 2086, after El-Isbahānī, takes ʿaẓuma first as 'great in his bone' (1868 \*ʕaṯ̣m-(at-) 'bone'). Krahmalkov 385 compares Phoenician ʿṣmt with Hebrew ʿăṣūmâ. Phoenician ʿṣmt (KAI 14:19) is one token: a noun 'great deeds' to Krahmalkov 385 and HALOT 867 ('powerful actions'), an adj. f. 'mighty' to Tomback 255. ## Linked from - [ʿ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/3624_to_be_powerful_great_to_be_numerous/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.