# \*nwm: 'to sleep, slumber'

> Proto-Semitic *nwm, 'to sleep, slumber': reflexes in 11 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nwm |
| Meaning | 'to sleep, slumber' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1218 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | nwm 'to sleep' \[BK 2 1372\] | BK 2 1372 |  |
| Akkadian | (?) nâmu OB \[AHw 729\] (questioned in \[CAD n1 251\]). | AHw 729; CAD n1 251 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | NUM \[DM 294\] | DM 294 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | nhmmt \[Gordon 422\], \[Del Olmo 588\]. | Gordon 422 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | noma \[LGz 409\] | LGz 409 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | nwm (HALOT 680) | HALOT 680 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | nwm \[Ja 887\]; \[DJPA 344b apud CAL\] | Ja 887; DJPA 344b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | nwm 'dozed' \[Brock 420\] | Brock 420 |  |
| Aramaic | CHR-PAL nhm 'slept' \[Schulthess 119\], Jud-Pal nwm | Schulthess 119 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic nym (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 108) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 108 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | Eg.-Syll. nm=ʿ, nm=ʿu, nm=(m)a₄, nm, nm=m={t} /\*nāma/ (Hoch 185) | Hoch 185 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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