*kamōš-: 'Chemosh (national deity of Moab)'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*kamōš-
Meaning	'Chemosh (national deity of Moab)'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	kǝmōš (1 Kgs 11:7, 11:33; HALOT 481)	HALOT 481	gloss withheld
Moabite	kmš (Mesha Stele, KAI 181; HALOT 481)	KAI 181; HALOT 481	gloss withheld
Akkadian	Kammusu, Kamussu (HALOT 481)	HALOT 481
Eblaitic	DN =ga-mi-iš, warrior god equated with Nergal (Sallaberger 2018, 132); month ITU NIDBAₓ-ᵈkà-mi-iš; name i-ti-ᵈkà-mi-iš; Kar-Kamiš (Antalík 1998, 44)	Sallaberger 2018, 132; Antalík 1998, 44	gloss withheld

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Notes

Theonym of uncertain etymology, no established Semitic root. Attested chiefly in Moabite (Mesha Stele) and Hebrew polemical texts. HALOT 481 lists Ugaritic kmṯ in divine lists, a reading that is disputed. Sallaberger 2018, 132 reads Ebla Kamiš as 'the subduer'; Antalík 1998, 44 calls the theonym opaque.

Updated 22 October 2026

*kamōš-: 'Chemosh (national deity of Moab)'

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