Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/ʿ*ʿVmVl-: 'work, labour; earn' Root FieldValueReconstruction*ʿVmVl-Meaning'work, labour; earn'Basisproject Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabicʕamila 'worked' (Lane 2158)Lane 2158; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿmlAramaicʿML (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ʿml)Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. ʿml; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿmlgloss withheldHebrewʿamal 'labour'Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿmlUgariticʿml 'earn'Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿmlSyrian Aramaicʕmal 'labour, toil; weary' (Payne Smith 417)Payne Smith 417Judaic AramaicJBA ʕamlā (DJBA 870 apud SEDonline 1391)DJBA 870; SEDonline 1391gloss withheldEpigraphic South ArabianSab ʿml (Biella 371); probably a misreading of ʿḏb (Sabaweb lemma 10234)Biella 371; Sabaweb lemma 10234gloss withheldAkkadiannēmelu (HALOT 845)HALOT 845 A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageʿ