# \*lʾm, \*lmm: 'to get together, unite by common consent, peace treaty', \*liʔa/ām- 'union, fraternity, people'

> Proto-Semitic *lʾm, *lmm, 'to get together, unite by common consent, peace treaty', *liʔa/ām- 'union, fraternity, people': reflexes in 11 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*lʾm, \*lmm |
| Meaning | 'to get together, unite by common consent, peace treaty', \*liʔa/ām- 'union, fraternity, people' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1981 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | lʔm 'to join together' \[BK 2 953\], liʔam- 'agreement, harmony (between men who agree); peace, concord' \[ibid. 953-4\], liʔam-at-, liʔām-at- 'like, similar, and that forms a counterpart to another' \[ibid. 954\]; laʔīm- 'vile, ignoble; like, similar' \[ibid.\]; līm- 'peace, concord; resemblance of one man to another' \[ibid. 1050\]; lum-at- 'small troop of men (from three to ten); like, similar; equal in age and form, in keeping with...' \[ibid. 1029\] (Mohammed said: li-tazawwaǧu-l-raǧulu lumatu-hu 'that every man marry a woman who is his equal in age, etc.'); lām- 'kinship' \[ibid. 1044\]; lumm-at- 'companion; traveling companions, who share in the provisions for the journey; troop of men (from three to ten); troop of women' \[ibid. 1022\], lamūm- 'that gathers within itself several people or things, and offers a meeting place' \[ibid. 1023\], lmm 'to resemble, to gather by collecting from every side what was scattered' \[ibid. 1022\] | BK 2 953; BK 953-4; BK 954; BK 1050; BK 1029; BK 1044; BK 1022; BK 1023 |  |
| Akkadian | lim, nom. līmu (liʔmu) \[AHw 553\], \[CAD l 194\] | AHw 553; CAD l 194 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | läʔamä LH 42 | LH 42 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | lim \[DULAT 483\] | DULAT 483 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | lǝʔōm, lǝʔūm, pl. lǝʔummīm (HALOT 513) | HALOT 513 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. lʔm \[SD 81; Sabaweb lemma 4495\], lmw (\*lmm) \[ibid. 82\] | SD 81; Sabaweb lemma 4495; Sabaweb 82 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | lam 'gathered' Brock. 367 | Brock. 367 |  |
| Tigrinya | cf. läʔamä LH 42 | LH 42 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | lʾm 'people' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root lʾm |  |
| Amorite | līmu: li-im-ka (Mémoires de N.A.B.U. 1, 115: 24) (Streck 2000, 102–103; Streck 2011, 366); liʾmu, yaṯūb-liʾm (Buck 2019, 296, 329) | Streck 2000 102–103; Streck 2011, 366; Buck 2019, 296, 329 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | li-iʾ-mi, li-im /liʾmu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 110–111) | Pentiuc 2001 110–111 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

OLA80 §35.21 also cites the divine name Li'im and compares Tuareg a-žim/a-gim.

## Linked from

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

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