# \*ḏmr: 'to protect, guard; strength'

> Proto-Semitic *ḏmr, 'to protect, guard; strength': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḏmr |
| Meaning | 'to protect, guard; strength' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaritic | ḏmr (DULAT 283–284; SEDonline 2137; HALOT 1581) | DULAT 283–284; SEDonline 2137; HALOT 1581 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ḏmr: ḏamarum, ḏāmirum, ḏamratum, ḏamūr(ān), ḏimrum (Gelb AS 21, 18); ḏimru, ḏāmiru, ḏamūr, maḏmar (Buck 2019, 326); ḏimr: zi-im-ra-an, zi-im-ra-nam, zi-im-ra-tan; ḏamūr: za-mu-ra-an; S-m-r: aš-ta-mar-ᵈIM, a-bi-aš-ta-ma-ar, a-bi-iš-ta-mar (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 164–165) | Gelb AS 21 18; Buck 2019, 326; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 164–165 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | zimrā (HALOT 274 apud SEDonline 2137) | HALOT 274; SEDonline 2137 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | ḏimr, ḏamīr (Lane 978 apud SEDonline 2137) | Lane 978; SEDonline 2137 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /S-m-r/: name iš₁₁-da-mar-ᵈda-gan (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 165) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 165 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | zmr (B 306) | B 306 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PS \*ḏmr 'to protect, guard' (HALOT 274, DULAT 283–284; SEDonline 2137). HALOT 1581 notes that Amor. zmr/dmr and Ugr. ḏmr 'to protect, guard' answer Hbr. šmr with z and d. Sab. ḏmr 'to protect, protection' (HALOT 274, 1581) is read 'to initiate legal process against s.o.' (SD 39) and 'to bring a charge, accuse' (Sabaweb lemma 2117). Krebernik 1988, 51, 58–59 n. 36 reads iš₁₁-da-mar-ᵈda-gan, the one composite name with an infixed form, as Gt of ṯ-m-r (Ugaritic ilṯtmr, ʿm(y)ṯtmr; Amorite a-bi-aš-ta-ma-ar, a-bi-iš-ta-mar, ḫa-am-mi-iš-ta-mar, i-li-iš-ta-mar), Akk. šitmurum 'to praise' with the noun as direct object, rather than Gelb's 'to guard, to protect' (AS 21, 32) or 'to bear fruit'.

## Linked from

- [ḏ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/dhal/index.md>)

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