*la-mā: 'to, for' (preposition, fuller form)

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*la-mā
Meaning	'to, for' (preposition, fuller form)
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	לְמוֹ, fuller form of לְ (HALOT 532)	HALOT 532	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	lm (HALOT 532)	HALOT 532	gloss withheld
Amorite	lama (HALOT 532)	HALOT 532	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Thamudic and Lihyanite lm (HALOT 532)	HALOT 532	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

HALOT 532 derives it from la/i + mā.

Updated 4 November 2026