*ma(h): 'what?' 1, 'lest' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ma(h)
Meaning'what?' 1, 'lest' 2
Basisreconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SEDSEDonline semet 3094

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicmā (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.1 no. 6)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.1 no. 6
SoqotrimīJM 150: -(ǝ)n an obsolete marker of oblique case - in Mhr!gloss withheld
Akkadianmāgloss withheld
Tigremi, mǝ
Mandaic Aramaicmahu (MD 237)MD 237
Ugariticmh
Geezmi
Guragemǝ- in mǝ-ḳar LGz 323LGz 323gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicmā
Phoenicianm; lm 2 (Krahmalkov 256)Krahmalkov 256gloss withheld
Modern AramaicUrm mū(-dī)
Hebrewmā (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.1 no. 6)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.1 no. 6
Epigraphic South Arabianm; Sab mhn (Biella 267)Biella 267gloss withheld
AramaicPal mh (DJPA 292b apud CAL)DJPA 292b; CAL
Amoritema-a (OLA80 §36.58); mah: ma-a-la-na-di-ta-na, ma-a-ra-su-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 24)OLA80 §36.58; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 24gloss withheld
Judaic AramaicJBA mān (DJBA 637 apud SEDonline 121)DJBA 637; SEDonline 121gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicmānā (LSyr. 393, SL 778 apud SEDonline 121)LSyr. 393, SL 778; SEDonline 121gloss withheld
Eblaitic/mah/: cf. names ma-ʔà, ma-ʔà-ma-lik (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 24)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 24gloss withheld
PunicN.Pu. mʾ (rel. pr.) (T 163); mu (Krahmalkov 265)T 163; Krahmalkov 265gloss withheld

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Notes

Krahmalkov 256 compares Aramaic lᵉmā with Phoenician lm 'lest' 2; Aramaic lᵉmā is l- + mā.

Updated 3 November 2026

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