*nḥm: 'to comfort, console'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*nḥm
Meaning'to comfort, console'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewnḥm pi.; pu. (HALOT 689); nif. (HALOT 688); neḥāmā (HALOT 689)HALOT 689; HALOT 688gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicnḥm pa. 'to comfort' (Jastrow 895); neḥāmtā 'consolation' (Jastrow 896)Jastrow 895; Jastrow 896
Aramaicnḥm (HALOT 688)HALOT 688gloss withheld
Punicnḥm in the personal names nḥm, nḥmy (Krahmalkov 327)Krahmalkov 327gloss withheld
Amoriten-ḥ-m: name ia-an-ḫa-mu (Alalakh) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 86)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 86gloss withheld
Canaanite/n-ḥ-m/: names ia-an-ḫa-mu, i-an-ḫa-mu, e-en-ḫa-mu, yi-íʔ-in₄-ḫa-mu (EA) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 86)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 86gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 688 adds the personal names Ug. mnḥm, ynḥm, Amor. na/uḫm, niḫmatum and Ph. Pun. mnḥm, Syr. pa. 'to resuscitate' and Arab. nḥm 'to gasp (of a horse)'. Not 3653 *nhm 'to growl', 1549 *nVham- 'be insatiable' nor SA084 *rbḫ 'comfort, revival'.

Updated 31 October 2026

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