Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/ḥ*ḥVmaṣ̂-: 'be sour; sorrel' Root FieldValueReconstruction*ḥVmaṣ̂-Meaning'be sour; sorrel'Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, correctedSEDSEDonline semet 1666 Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabicḥmḍ [-a-, -u-] (Lane 644)Lane 644Akkadianemēṣu (HALOT 329)HALOT 329HarsusiḥameẓHebrewḥmṣ; ḥāmîṣ (HALOT 328)HALOT 328gloss withheldUgariticḥmṣ 'to be(come) sour'Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥmḍTigreḥamḍa (HALOT 329)HALOT 329Judaic Aramaicḥmʿ (Kogan 2011, 239)Kogan 2011 239gloss withheldMehriḥāməẑ (Kogan 2011, 239)Kogan 2011 239gloss withheldEblaiticʾà-me-ṣu, ʾà-mi-ṣu-um (Kogan 2011, 239; VE 128; Krebernik 1983, 3); ʔà-mi-zu-um, ʔà-mi-z[u], ʔà-me-zu /ḥamiṣ́/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 242); /ḥamiṣum/ (= Sum. ninda-AD₆; also MEE 4 89+90 r. II 3–4) (VE 128; Bonechi 2008, 4, 7)Kogan 2011 239; VE 128; Krebernik 1983, 3; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 242; MEE 4 89; Bonechi 2008, 4, 7gloss withheldSyrian Aramaicḥmʿ (Kogan 2011, 239)Kogan 2011 239gloss withheldSoqotriḥémaẓ̂ (Kogan 2011, 239)Kogan 2011 239gloss withheldAramaicCPArm. ḥmʿ (HALOT 329)HALOT 329 A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.Updated 4 November 2026Linked from 1 pageḥ