# \*laḥm-: 'bread' 1, 'meat' 2, 'eat' 3 > Proto-Semitic *laḥm-, 'bread' 1, 'meat' 2, 'eat' 3: reflexes in 11 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [L](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*laḥm- | | Meaning | 'bread' 1, 'meat' 2, 'eat' 3 | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 836 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | laḥm-, laḥam- 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 35) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 35 | | | Ugaritic | lḥm 3; lḥm 1 (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 35) | Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.2 no. 35 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | leḥem 1; lǝḥûm 2 (HALOT 525) | HALOT 525 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | laḥm- 1 (Payne Smith 240) | Payne Smith 240 | | | Punic | lḥm (T 157) | T 157 | gloss withheld | | Aramaic | laḥmā (HALOT 526; DNWSI 572) | HALOT 526; DNWSI 572 | | | Amorite | laḥm- (George and Krebernik 2022, 155); \*laḥm- (Golinets 2025, 893) | George and Krebernik 2022 155; Golinets 2025 893 | gloss withheld | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic lḥm (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 92) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 92 | gloss withheld | | Akkadian | lêmu (CAD L 126, AHw. 543 apud SEDonline 787) | CAD L 126, AHw. 543; SEDonline 787 | gloss withheld | | Judaic Aramaic | laḥmaʾ (T 157) | T 157 | | | Biblical Aramaic | ləḥem 1 (HALOT 526) | HALOT 526 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Lipiński (OLA80 §17.2) compares Rendille aḥam 'to eat', with the loss of l. ## Linked from - [L]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/l/826_bread_1_meat_2_eat_3/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.