*ʕamam-: 'people, nation, kinfolk'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʕamam-
Meaning'people, nation, kinfolk'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicʿāmm- 'general, common' (Lane 2150)Lane 2150
Akkadianummānu (CAD U/W 106; AHw 1413)CAD U/W 106; AHw 1413gloss withheld
Ugariticʿm (DULAT 160)DULAT 160gloss withheld
Phoenicianʿm (T 249)T 249gloss withheld
Hebrewʿam (HALOT 837); ʿāmît (HALOT 845). ʿammīHALOT 837; HALOT 845gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʕam 'people, nation; Gentiles; crowd' (Payne Smith 416)Payne Smith 416
Punicʿm; ʿm mḥnt (Krahmalkov 378); ʿmt; Neo-Punic ʿm šrt (Krahmalkov 380)Krahmalkov 378; Krahmalkov 380; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʿmgloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʿm (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 53)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 53gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ʿmm (Biella 372; Sabaweb lemma 3737)Biella 372; Sabaweb lemma 3737gloss withheld
Aramaicʿm (T 249)T 249
Judaic Aramaicʿamaʾ (T 249)T 249
Biblical Aramaicʿam (HALOT BArm. s.v. עַם)HALOT BArm. s.v. עַםgloss withheld
Moabiteʕm (DNWSI 864)DNWSI 864gloss withheld

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

Notes

Pan-Semitic. One of the most fundamental social terms. ʿayin-initial. HALOT 837 files ʿam 'paternal uncle; kin; people' as one lemma; the kinship senses are 44.

Updated 22 October 2026

Linked from 1 page

Linear A Lexicon