*ḥarām-: 'sacred ban, devoted (to deity)'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥarām-
Meaning'sacred ban, devoted (to deity)'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicḥarām- 'sacred, forbidden' (BK 1, 415)BK 1, 415
Hebrewḥērem (HALOT 354)HALOT 354gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ḥrm, hḥrm, tḥrm, ḥrm, ḥrmt, mḥrm (SD 70–71; Biella 189–190; Sabaweb lemmas 1817, 2118, 4365, 4367, 2284); ḥrm (Sabaweb lemma 4366)SD 70–71; Biella 189–190; Sabaweb lemmas 1817, 2118, 4365, 4367, 2284; Sabaweb lemma 4366gloss withheld
Geezḥarama (HALOT 353)HALOT 353
Phoenicianḥrm (HALOT 353)HALOT 353
Moabiteḥrm (Mesha 17 apud HALOT 353)HALOT 353gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicḥirmā (HALOT 354)HALOT 354
Syrian Aramaicḥermā (HALOT 354)HALOT 354
Aramaicḥarem (LGz. 242)LGz. 242gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaichrm (LGz. 242)LGz. 242gloss withheld
Tigreḥarräma (LGz. 242)LGz. 242gloss withheld
Tigrinyaḥarämä (LGz. 242)LGz. 242gloss withheld
Amharicharrämä, arrämä (LGz. 242)LGz. 242gloss withheld
Amoriteḥrm: ḫirman- (Huffmon APNM 204); ḥrm (Gelb AS 21, 20)Huffmon APNM 204; Gelb AS 21 20gloss withheld
Jibbaliaḥrím (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 23)Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 23gloss withheld
Mehriḥōrəm, ḥrūm (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 23)Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 23gloss withheld
Soqotriḥórim (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 23)Kogan 2015 ch. 2 §4.2 no. 23gloss withheld
Emarta-aḫ-ru-um /taḥrum/ (Pentiuc 2001, 176–177)Pentiuc 2001 176–177gloss withheld
Ugaritic/ḥarmānu/ (UVST 126)UVST 126gloss withheld

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Notes

DULAT 363 gives Ugaritic ḥrm only as a PN, syll. ḫa-ra-mì; ḫrm 'to pierce' in KTU 1.13:3 (1757) is read 'to destroy under the ban' by De Moor (apud DULAT 400). HALOT 353 compares Akk. ḫarāmu 'to separate', ḫarīmtu 'prostitute' (1757); Huffmon APNM 204 gives the root as Common Semitic except Akkadian and compares the deity Ḥaram at Elephantine. Arabian PNN ḥrm, ḥrmt, ḥrmʾl, yḥrm, mḥrm (Harding 185).

Updated 22 October 2026

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