# \*nḥm: 'to comfort, console'

> Proto-Semitic *nḥm, 'to comfort, console': reflexes in 6 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 2026-10-31.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nḥm |
| Meaning | 'to comfort, console' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | nḥm pi.; pu. (HALOT 689); nif. (HALOT 688); neḥāmā (HALOT 689) | HALOT 689; HALOT 688 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | nḥm pa. 'to comfort' (Jastrow 895); neḥāmtā 'consolation' (Jastrow 896) | Jastrow 895; Jastrow 896 |  |
| Aramaic | nḥm (HALOT 688) | HALOT 688 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | nḥm in the personal names nḥm, nḥmy (Krahmalkov 327) | Krahmalkov 327 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | n-ḥ-m: name ia-an-ḫa-mu (Alalakh) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 86) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 86 | gloss 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, 86 | gloss 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'.

## Linked from

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

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