# \*ḥlm: 'to dream; to have nocturnal ejaculations when dreaming'

> Proto-Semitic *ḥlm, 'to dream; to have nocturnal ejaculations when dreaming': reflexes in 19 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥlm |
| Meaning | 'to dream; to have nocturnal ejaculations when dreaming' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2263 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḥlm 'to dream something; to have a nocturnal emission' \[BK 1 482\] | BK 1 482 |  |
| Mehri | ḥáylǝm (yǝḥlōm) \[JM 179\]; ǝḥtǝlūm \[ibid.\] | JM 179 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ḥlm \[LS 176\] | LS 176 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ḥáylem \[JH 59\] | JH 59 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ḥalmä, täḥallämä \[LH 53\] | LH 53 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ḥlm \[T 105\] | T 105 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | HLM \[DM 149\], also (ethpa.) \[ibid.\] | DM 149 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ḥlm \[DULAT 356\] | DULAT 356 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ḥalama \[LGz 230\] | LGz 230 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | ḥélm (yaḥlúm) \[JJ 110\]; ḥɔ́tlǝm, aḥtélím \[ibid.\] | JJ 110 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ḥlm (HALOT 320). | HALOT 320 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | allämä. |  | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB ḥlm \[SD 68; Sabaweb lemma 1644\]; ḥlmt \[ibid.\]; Sab. mḥtlm \[Bron 75\] | SD 68; Sabaweb lemma 1644; Bron 75 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḥălam, ḥălīm; ḥălēm (n.) \[Ja 471\]; ḥălēm, det. ḥylmh, pl. ḥälmīn \[DJPA 203b apud CAL\]; ḥlm \[DJPA 203b apud CAL\] | Ja 471; DJPA 203b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḥəlam 'he dreamed' \[Brock 234\], ʔetḥəlamlam 'he suffered from nocturnal emissions' \[ibid.\] | Brock 234 |  |
| Aramaic | OLD OFF HTR ḥlm \[HJ 375-6\] | HJ 375-6 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ḥalämä 'to dream' \[Bass 33\]; cf. ḥǝlǝmḥǝlǝm bälä 'to be shy, to be timid and bashful, e.g. a boy in front of strangers' \[ibid. 34\] | Bass 33; Bass 34 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | NSyr. ḫlm \[MP 58\]; NAssyr. ḫɔ̄lịm \[Tser. 082\]; Iran. ḫᵉlmâ; Mlḥ. ḥelmo; Zkh. ḫəlma; MAL ḥlm IV \[Berg 37\]; HRT ḥelma \[JHert 189\] | MP 58; Tser. 082; Berg 37 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ḥēlem (HALOT 317) | HALOT 317 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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